John Hackett

Acting

John Hackett

Acting credits

Hoffa poster
6.3

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.

Hoffa

1992

Blood and Wine poster
5.7

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Blood and Wine

1996

The Two Jakes poster
6.0

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.

The Two Jakes

1990

Tales of Terror poster
6.7

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

Tales of Terror

1962

Harry and Walter Go to New York poster
5.7

Two hopelessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the 19th century — by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.

Harry and Walter Go to New York

1976

Ride in the Whirlwind poster
6.2

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

Ride in the Whirlwind

1966

Back Door to Hell poster
5.7

During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.

Back Door to Hell

1964

Flight to Fury poster
5.4

After a plane crash in the Philippine jungle, two men, one an avaricious killer who has come to the islands to search for a fortune in diamonds, the other an international adventurer, must somehow overcome their vast personal differences and desires to survive in the steamy wilderness.

Flight to Fury

1964

Fortress of the Dead poster
9.0

A former army private goes to an island off the coast of the Philippines which he believes to be haunted by the ghosts of fallen American soldiers.

Fortress of the Dead

1965

Behind the camera