Movies by Tony Plana
As part of the cast:
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The Longoria Affair (2010)
Cast: Tony Plana
Directed by: John Valadez
The aftermath of a notorious incident that occurred in the small Texas town of Three Rivers -- and sparked a nationwide civil rights movement by Latinos -- is the focus of this engrossing…
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Clifford: The Big Red Dog: Growing Up with Clifford (2008)
Cast: John Ritter, Cree Summer, Kel Mitchell …
Join colorful Clifford (voiced by John Ritter) and his charming pals for a series of fun-filled adventures in which the gang learns important lessons about confronting their fear of growing…
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The Dead One (2007)
Cast: Wilmer Valderrama, Angie Cepeda, Joel David Moore …
Directed by: Brian Cox
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the Aztec god demands…
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Towards Darkness (2007)
Cast: Roberto Urbina, America Ferrera, David Sutcliffe …
Directed by: Antonio Negret
While visiting his family in Colombia for the holidays, banker's son Jose Gutierrez is kidnapped and held hostage. As precious time ticks away, his father makes a Faustian bargain to pay…
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Ugly Betty (2006)
Cast: America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Tony Plana …
Experience the glitz and glamour -- and nasty backbiting -- of the fashion biz through the eyes of Queens, N.Y., plain Jane Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), who's landed a job as Mode…
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Vampire Bats (2005)
Cast: Lucy Lawless, Dylan Neal, Liam Waite …
Directed by: Eric Bross
In this made-for-TV thriller, biology professor Maddy Rierdon discovers that a mutant species of vampire bats is responsible for a series of bizarre deaths. Can Maddy and her students find a…
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Half Past Dead (2002)
Cast: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule …
Directed by: Don Michael Paul
Criminal mastermind Donald Robert Johnson plans to infiltrate a high-tech prison to persuade a man on death row to reveal where he hid a fortune from an unsolved heist. But Johnson…
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My Little Assassin (1999)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Tony Plana, Gabrielle Anwar …
Directed by: Jack Bender
In 1959, Marita Lorenz (Gabrielle Anwar) finds herself captivated by the young, charismatic Fidel Castro (Joe Mantegna), the new leader of Cuba. Against the wishes of her mother (Jill…
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Shadow of Doubt (1998)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Tom Berenger, Craig Sheffer …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Kitt Devereux (Melanie Griffith) is a legal eagle who has quite a case on her hands. Rising rap star Bobby Medina is accused of the brutal murder of the daughter of a high-profile…
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187 (1997)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan …
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
After one of his high school students attacks him, dedicated teacher Trevor Garfield (Samuel L. Jackson) grows weary of the gang warfare in the New York City school system and moves to…
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Sub Down (1997)
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabrielle Anwar, Tom Conti …
Directed by: Gregg Champion
Marine scientists and Navy men clash aboard the USS Portland submarine, which ends up perilously pinned underwater while trolling in the icy Bering Strait. Features an all-star cast that…
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Primal Fear (1996)
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney …
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
When a blood-spattered altar boy (Ed Norton) is found running from a murder scene, his conviction seems certain. But when arrogant defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) steps in, the…
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A Million to Juan (1994)
Cast: Paul Rodriguez, Polly Draper, Pepe Serna …
Directed by: Paul Rodriguez
In this rags-to-riches story, down-and-out Juan Lopez (Paul Rodriguez) is deported from East Los Angeles back to Mexico. To earn enough money to support his son (Jonathan Hernandez), the…
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Dangerous Relations (1993)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown
An inmate (Louis Gossett Jr.) with a reputation for maintaining the peace in a maximum-security prison finds his own relative tranquility shattered when he discovers that a new prisoner…
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On the Streets of L.A. (1993)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown
As he approaches the end of a 15-year prison term, an embittered inmate crosses paths with a tough new prisoner and wonders whether he could be the son he left behind years ago. And if so,…
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Live Wire (1992)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Ben Cross …
Directed by: Christian Duguay
In this James Bond primer, Pierce Brosnan stars as Danny O'Neill, a puzzled FBI explosives expert who's trying to get to the bottom of a series of deadly detonations in Washington,…
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One Good Cop (1991)
Cast: Grace Johnston, Tony Plana, Michael Keaton …
Directed by: Heywood Gould
When his loyal longtime partner, a widower, is killed in the line of duty and leaves behind three young children, Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton), a dedicated New York City cop and his wife,…
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Havana (1990)
Cast: Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
High-stakes poker player Jack Weil (Robert Redford) is looking to score big in the final hours of Batista's Cuba, a nation on the brink of a revolt. But Weil lands in dangerous political…
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Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990)
Cast: Steven Bauer, Elizabeth Peña, Miguel Ferrer …
Directed by: Brian Gibson
In this 1990 TV miniseries, Enrique "Kiki" Camarena (Steven Bauer) is an undercover DEA agent stationed in Guatemala who uncovers a huge marijuana operation. When he follows the chain of…
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The Rookie (1990)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky…
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Sweet 15 (1990)
Cast: Liz Torres, Karla Montana, Jenny Gago …
Directed by: Victoria Hochberg
Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her &NFi;quinceanera&NFi_; -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically ushers a young girl into adulthood.…
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Romero (1989)
Cast: Raul Julia, Tony Plana, Al Ruscio …
Directed by: John Duigan
Archbishop Oscar Romero (Raul Julia) stands between 1980s El Salvador's ruling military elite and a band of Marxist guerillas as a man with simple demands: freedom and justice for all…
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The Hillside Stranglers (1989)
Cast: Richard Crenna, Dennis Farina, Billy Zane …
Directed by: Steve Gethers
As serial-killer cousins Angelo (Dennis Farina) and Kenneth (Billy Zane) stalk, kidnap, torture, rape and murder young women across northern Los Angeles, lead LAPD detective Sgt. Grogan…
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Break of Dawn (1988)
Cast: Oscar Chavez, Kamala Lopez-Dawson, María Rojo …
Directed by: Isaac Artenstein
Persuading the station manager to let him host a morning show, Gonzalez and his seductive ballads conquer the Latino public, until then unknown and ignored. But when a power player asks for…
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Disorderlies (1987)
Cast: Mark Morales, Darren Robinson, Damon Wimbley …
Directed by: Michael Schultz
Scheming Winslow Lowry (Anthony Geary) can't wait to get his hands on his uncle's (Ralph Bellamy) millions, so he hires a trio of incompetent orderlies -- played by 1980s rappers…
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The Best of Times (1986)
Cast: Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed …
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
In 1972, the Taft High School football team challenged its archrival in a game to end all games -- and might have won if Jack "Butterfingers" Dundee (Robin Williams) hadn't dropped the…
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Three Amigos (1986)
Cast: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short …
Directed by: John Landis
Responding to a cable from a senorita in distress, three silent-film stars head to Mexico. Assuming they've been summoned to perform in a show, the trio is unaware they're expected…
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Salvador (1986)
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Washed-up photojournalist Richard Boyle's (James Woods) bad habits keep him from getting jobs, so he heads to El Salvador with his pal Dr. Rock (James Belushi) to find work amidst the…
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City Limits (1985)
Cast: John Stockwell, Darrell Larson, Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Aaron Lipstadt
In a post-apocalyptic world, Lee (John Stockwell) goes looking for adventure and lands in the middle of a bloody war between rival biker gangs the Clippers and the DAs. As the groups battle…
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Latino: America's Secret War in Nicaragua (1985)
Cast: Robert Beltran, Annette Charles, Michael Goodwin …
Directed by: Haskell Wexler
Eddie Guerrero is a Chicano Green Beret officer who leaves his family in L.A. for Special Forces duty. His patriotic mission is complicated by his Latino pride, the necessity to be part of a…
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El Norte (1983)
Cast: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz …
Directed by: Gregory Nava
When the army ransacks their Guatemalan village, impoverished teenage siblings Enrique (David Villalpando) and Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) travel north through Mexico, hoping for a…
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Dreams of being a Navy pilot prompt Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) to enroll in officer training school, where he runs afoul of a drill instructor (Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr.) who senses the…
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Zoot Suit (1981)
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Daniel Valdez, Charles Aidman …
Directed by: Luis Valdez
Based on a 1940s Los Angeles murder trial, Zoot Suit follows the various members of a Mexican-American gang, led by Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez), as they're tried and sentenced to San…
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The Princess and the Barrio Boy (2001)
Cast: Marisol Nichols, Nicholas Gonzalez, Edward James Olmos …
Directed by: Tony Plana
A contemporary Romeo and Juliet story. He works multiple jobs to make his way; she works her daddy's credit card to make her wardrobe. He lives in the ghettos of East Los Angeles; she…