Acting

John Facenda

Acting credits

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL poster
NR

Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee.

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

2022

The Burglar poster
5.7

Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune -- including a renowned emerald necklace -- from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden, to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up a perfect break-in. Things get complicated afterwards.

The Burglar

1957

Middle Age Crazy poster
4.7

A married man is turning forty and that's when the midlife crisis hits ...

Middle Age Crazy

1980

Legends of the Fall poster
NR

A documentary from NFL Films celebrating the legendary quarterbacks and running backs who defined pro football in the mid-20th century. Featuring archival footage and dramatic narration, “Legends of the Fall” pays tribute to the athletes whose skill and toughness helped build the NFL’s legacy. Players like Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, Gale Sayers, and Bart Starr are profiled in this classic retrospective.

Legends of the Fall

1980

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3.1

The film presents a description of Puerto Rico of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It shows some of what the island had to offer at that time and explains that Puerto Rico is "American in every respect", except for its "360 days of sunshine", due to the results of Operation Bootstrap.

Progress Island U.S.A.

1973

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NR

Short documentary looking at the rise in popularity of soccer in the USA in the early 1980s.

The Great American Soccer Explosion

1983

Battle of Champions: Super Bowl XIII poster
NR

NFL Films production on Super Bowl XIII, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys.

Battle of Champions: Super Bowl XIII

They Call it Pro Football poster
6.3

The first NFL Films feature, it established the trend of dramatizing the game itself and not the outcome.

They Call it Pro Football

1966

The Spectacle of a Sport poster
NR

NFL Films production on Super Bowl I, NFL champion Green Bay Packers facing the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs.

The Spectacle of a Sport

The Super Seventies poster
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Wherein the teams and players that dominated the decade are recalled in their peak moments. The "Immaculate Reception", "Doomsday in the Dome", the "Over the Hill Gang", the "No Name Defense" and the "Steel Curtain" live on this splendid retrospective. Features Spectacular footage and the Team and Player of the Decade (the Steelers and O.J. Simpson). As usual, John Facenda's personable narration adds an exciting edge to the film.

The Super Seventies