Acting

Matthew Tobin

Acting credits

The Front poster
7.0

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

The Front

1976

Real Life poster
6.6

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

Real Life

1979

American Hot Wax poster
5.7

This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the "devil's music"; hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals.

American Hot Wax

1978

Force: Five poster
4.2

A martial-arts expert leads a team of fellow martial artists to rescue a senator's daughter from an island ruled by the evil leader of a fanatical religious cult.

Force: Five

1981

Stitches poster
3.5

The misadventures of three students in medical school.

Stitches

1985

Goldie and the Boxer poster
5.6

Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a relationship with a struggling fighter who was his sparring partner and takes on the job of managing him from obscurity to the championship.

Goldie and the Boxer

1979

The Seduction of Miss Leona poster
4.0

An unmarried, reclusive college teacher is torn between a married maintenance man who has been repairing her house and her former professor and lover.

The Seduction of Miss Leona

1980

No artwork available
9.0

Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away from retirement, is on the job, and who, when he suddenly dies, try to hide the fact so that his family can collect his full benefits.

Last of the Good Guys

1978

Twirl poster
5.7

Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being -- what else? -- twirling!). The real test, however, is whether their friendship will survive through the contest with the pressure and interference from their parents to win.

Twirl

1981

The Telephone Book poster
5.8

A sexually voracious young woman receives a dirty phone call from a stranger; so satisfied by the experience, she sets out to find him somewhere in New York City.

The Telephone Book

1971

A Family Upside Down poster
7.0

An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.

A Family Upside Down

1978