
Acting
Lenore Banks
Born 1931-12-31 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lenore Banks was an American character actress known for her roles in independent films, faith-based cinema and mainstream thriller productions. Often credited or affectionately referred to by peers as "Nonie" Banks, she spent much of her life and active theater career based in Louisiana. She passed away at the age of 88 in Baton Rouge following surgical complications.
Acting credits
6.5When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Hard Target
1993
6.0A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
No One Lives
2013
7.3A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
Dead Man Walking
1995
5.8In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Texas Killing Fields
2011
6.7The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.
Barefoot
2014
6.0When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
6.3After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
The Apostle
1997
6.0After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor will fail him.
God's Not Dead
2014
6.5A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
7.0After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Passion Fish
1992
6.6After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
Alabama Moon
2009
10.0Young boys go on an adventure to seek out a legendary ghost, but find something far more valuable instead.
Bayou Ghost
1997
4.6A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death.
Under Cover
1987
6.2A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer to protect the young Black man who actually killed him.
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
5.5Jim (a practicing veterinarian) and Kate (an automotive engineer) live a nice upper-middle class existence. One day, Kate is accused of murdering her boss, Victor, and sentenced to prison. The couple knows she's innocent, so Jim breaks her out and they go on the run. As fugitives from justice, they travel from place to place, taking odd jobs to finance their search for the real killer. Meanwhile, Victor's wife Estelle - the true mastermind of the crime - hires an assassin to bump off Jim and Kate before they can find her or Kate's lookalike Estelle hired to carry out the hit on her husband. Pilot for the short-lived 1984 NBC series.
Hot Pursuit
1984
4.7Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long absence. His father, who has just barely won another term as senator, doesn't take things well when Beau approaches him with the sinking suspicion that the suicide may have actually been a murder. Determined to solve the mystery, Beau uncovers a plethora of family secrets, deception, and implications of unspeakable political wrongdoings.
Cypress Edge
1999
9.0Gerald McRaney stars as Jake Lassiter, a colorful ex-football player turned top defense attorney who is hired to defend Dr. Roger Salisbury, a surgeon charged with malpractice in the mysterious death of a wealthy patient, Phillip Corrigan.
Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
1995
7.0Daughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.
Hobson's Choice
1983
3.8A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While trying to evade the police, he takes a woman, Anne hostage. Though he eventually lets her go. She develops some kind of fascination for him, which doesn't please her boyfriend, who just happens to be the one who tracking Raven. At the same time Raven tries to find out who set him up and why.
This Gun for Hire
1991
10.0A factory worker is convinced to hijack a helicopter and help two prisoners escape from jail.
The Outside Woman
1989