Charles Durning
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Filmography
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow
(1981)After finding young Marylee Williams mauled viciously, bigots pursue as a suspect her intellectually disabled friend Bubba Ritter.

Where the River Runs Black
(1986)After witnessing a murder, an orphaned boy raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knew his father.

Lakeboat
(2000)Una adaptación de la obra de teatro de David Mamet sobre un estudiante graduado que acepta un trabajo de verano en un carguero de los Grandes Lagos.
The Choirboys
(1977)The raunchy, hilarious exploits of ten metropolitan policemen explode on the screen in this fast-moving black comedy, based on Joseph Wambaugh's best-selling novel. James Woods, Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Randy Quaid and Burt Young lead a group of rank-and-file policemen from the Los Angeles Police Department, who look for ways to cope with the pressures of the job. Dubbed "choirboys" for their after hours revels, they meet for "choir practice", periodic relaxation sessions at which the group gets drunk, chases women, plays practical jokes and reveals their innermost fears. Directed by Robert Aldrich, this outrageous comedy gives an eye-opening glimpse into the lives of the boys in blue, who follow a simple gospel: work hard, play harder.

Death and Texas
(2004)Celebrity worship and the justice system get skewered in this satire about a sports star who is excused from death row to play in a championship game.

Stand Alone
(1985)After a World War II veteran has his home sprayed with machine gun fire by a drug dealing criminal gang, he takes delayed justice into his own hands.

When a Stranger Calls
(1979)Terror strikes a teenager babysitting for an affluent suburban family when she starts receiving threatening phone calls from an anonymous stranger.

A Boyfriend for Christmas
(2004)TV-PG. On Christmas Day, Santa brings two lonely people together. But can love overcome deception?

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
(1975)Newly widowed and struggling to move on, Bea finds unexpected purpose at the Stardust Ballroom with a married postman looking for a dance partner.

When a Stranger Calls Back
(1993)A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...

Happy New Year
(1987)Peter Falk teams up with the inimitable Charles Durning to pull off a gem of a jewel heist in John Avildsen s hilarious remake of the 1974 French caper film La Bonne Année. Slightly sleazy jewel thieves Nick (Falk) and Charlie (Durning) are going for the big score when they head to West Palm Beach to hit the exclusive Harry Winston's jewelry store. With Charlie playing the chauffeur in a hot...

The Rosary Murders
(1987)A priest is torn between confidentiality and justice when a serial killer confesses that he’s murdered priests and nuns, leaving rosaries as clues.

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
(1999)When a congressman's daughter is abducted and taken hostage in a deserted hotel, it’s up to a disgraced ex-cop and his drunken ex-partner to save her.

Far North
(1988)A woman returns to her rural North Country home where she grew up when she learns her father's been hospitalized.

Hard Time
(1998)After no-nonsense cop Logan McQueen is framed for murder, he tries to escape a maximum security prison to settle the score.

Hard Time: The Premonition
(1999)As a serial bomber terrorizes a city, an innocent cop serves time with an inmate who claims he can predict the terrorist's next violent act.

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
(1996)With legendary everyman roles across both comedy and drama, Jack Lemmon was that rare Hollywood star with affectionate memories of his parents.

Scavenger Killers
(2013)A charming judge and a beautiful attorney embark on a maniacal killing spree while being pursued by two oddball FBI agents.

The Hudsucker Proxy
(1994)When the founder of a large corporation suddenly dies, the board conspires to tank the stock price by installing a lowly mailroom clerk as president.

North Dallas Forty
(1979)HD. Nick Nolte plays an aging wide receiver in this bawdy, brutally honest look behind the scenes of pro football.