Michael Gorrin

Acting

Michael Gorrin

Born 1914-11-07

Acting credits

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three poster
7.5

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

...And Justice for All poster
7.1

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.

...And Justice for All

1979

Stardust Memories poster
6.9

While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Stardust Memories

1980

J.T. poster
8.0

J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly nurses it back to health.

J.T.

1971

Hero at Large poster
5.9

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.

Hero at Large

1980

No artwork available
6.0

Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish peasants who take him in as a tutor for their children.

Green Fields

1937

Windows poster
5.0

A shy woman and her police protector are watched by her admirer, a weird woman with a telescope.

Windows

1980

Slow Dancing In The Big City poster
6.6

An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.

Slow Dancing In The Big City

1978

Deadly Hero poster
5.8

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tendencies and trigger-happy behavior.

Deadly Hero

1975

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot poster
6.0

Cagney and Lacey are two female New York policewomen doing their job as best they can in a male-dominated police department in this feature-length pilot that sparked the popular, long-running series.

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

1981

Zalmen, or The Madness of God poster
9.0

This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely angry about the repression of Jews in the Soviet Union.

Zalmen, or The Madness of God

1975