Cast: John Friesen
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Friesen. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 11
Naked Lunch
1991 · Movie · 115 min. · Canada
Direction David Cronenberg
Cast Peter Weller · Judy Davis · Ian Holm · Julian Sands
Plot After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant...
6.5
7K votes
6.5
7K votes
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House (TV)
1997 · Movie · 44 min. · Canada
Direction William Fruet
Cast Amy Stewart · Ben Cook · Elizabeth Saunders · Benedict Campbell
Plot Teenagers Amanda and Josh move to a run-down industrial town where a dark secret about the local chemical factory is concealed by the creepy neighbors.
5.5
38 votes
5.5
38 votes
Disneyland: Young Again (TV)
1986 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Steven Hilliard Stern
Cast Robert Urich · Lindsay Wagner · Keanu Reeves · Jessica Steen
4.7
38 votes
4.7
38 votes
City on Fire
1979 · Movie · 106 min. · Canada
Direction Alvin Rakoff
Cast Barry Newman · Susan Clark · Shelley Winters · Leslie Nielsen
Plot William Dudley (Leslie Nielson) is a corrupt mayor of a nameless Midwestern U.S. city who has allowed a chemical refinery to be built right in the center of town, far...
4.7
87 votes
4.7
87 votes
Taking Care
1987 · Movie · 90 min. · Canada
Direction Clarke Mackey
Cast Kate Lynch · Janet Amos · Wendy Springate · Ron White
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Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada
Direction Silvio Narizzano
Cast Bud Cort · Samantha Eggar · Chris Wiggins · Gary Reineke
Plot In the 1930's, Max Brown is an urban young man from an Eastern province, fresh from college, whose only job offer is in a one-room school house in the Canadian...
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Gang in Blue (TV)
1996 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Mario Van Peebles · Melvin Van Peebles
Cast Mario Van Peebles · Josh Brolin · Cynda Williams · J.T. Walsh
Plot Black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
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Age of Innocence
1977 · Movie · 101 min. · Canada
Direction Alan Bridges
Cast David Warner · Honor Blackman · Trudy Young · Lois Maxwell
Plot Henry Buchanan, an English schoolmaster, comes to teach in a small Canadian town. His outspoken views on the evil of the approaching World War II causes a ripple in the...
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Turning to Stone
1985 · Movie · 110 min. · Canada
Direction Eric Till
Cast Nicky Guadagni · Shirley Douglas · Bernard Behrens · Jackie Richardson
Plot An innocent girl gets framed by her boyfriend and end up with a seven year sentence on a drug charge. Now she has to survive the brutal world of a...
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Pale Saints
1997 · Movie · 90 min. · Canada
Direction J.H. Wyman
Cast Sean Patrick Flanery · Saul Rubinek · Michael Riley · Maury Chaykin
Plot Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the mob....
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For the Record (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 60 min. · Canada
Direction Peter Pearson · Don Haldane · Claude Jutra · Francis Mankiewicz
Cast Heath Lamberts · Mavor Moore · David Gardner · Kenneth Welsh
Plot A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially-relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues, and anglophone-francophone relations. This series attracted most...
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