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Jack B. Sowards
Born March 18, 1929
Died July 8, 2007 · aged 78
No biography available.
Known For
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan · 1982Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
★ 7.41982
MovieActionAdventure
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
Death Cruise · 1974Death Cruise
★ 5.81974
MovieTV MovieMystery
Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.
Cry Panic · 1974Cry Panic
★ 6.91974
MovieMysteryThriller
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.
Deliver Us from Evil · 1973Deliver Us from Evil
★ 7.51973
MovieDramaTV Movie
Several men hiking in the mountains discover an injured skyjacker who parachuted from a plane with $600,000. They kill him, then start fighting each other over the money.
Desperate Women · 1978Desperate Women
★ 3.01978
MovieWesternTV Movie
A laconic ex-hired gun in the Old West teams up with three scrappy female prisoners abandoned in the desert, two orphaned children, an army deserter, and a group of cantankerous animals, all of whom try to outsmart and outshoot a ratty gang of desperadoes trying to retrieve their boss' girlfriend and the saddle-tramp's secret cargo.
Hell Squad · 1958Hell Squad
★ 6.01958
MovieWar
During World War II, a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Finally only one man, Private Russo, is left, in the midst of a mine field, together with a German officer, locked in a stalemate. Russo has water, while the German claims to have a map revealing the mine positions. So Russo agrees to swap water for the map, but the German officer tries to double-cross him. This was Burt Topper's debut film, made on 16mm on weekends together with some friends in Indio, California. It was also Wally Campo's debut film, as well as script supervisor Joyce King's.
Tank Commandos · 1959Tank Commandos
★ 5.21959
MovieDramaWar
A demolition squad searches for how the Germans are getting tanks across a river. An Italian boy leads them to a bridge under the surface of the water.
Pushing Up Daisies · 1973Pushing Up Daisies
★ 8.01973
MovieActionComedy
After pulling a daring, if rather strange, bank heist while dressed as nuns, half of a four-member gang gets arrested and thrown in jail. While they're working on the chain gang, their partners in crime drive up with guns blazing and spring them. With everyone free, the leader of the gang announces that he's got a plan for another score that will be guaranteed to give them the notoriety they crave.
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