Joy Carlin
Actor · b. 1932 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Movies11
Movie7.5ActionCrimeWhen a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Dirty Harry
1971 · 2.9K votes
Movie7.0DramaAfter experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.
Blue Jasmine
2013 · 3.7K votes
Movie6.2DramaRomanceConnie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
Smooth Talk
1985 · 74 votes
Movie6.6ComedyDramaWhen a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!
Mumford
1999 · 114 votes
Movie5.7DramaRomanceLeaving her son behind at her parents' home in Omaha, Nebraska, recent divorcée Zoe attempts to start her life anew by moving to San Francisco. Seeking something to fill her lonely hours, she begins singing with a church choir. When new choirmaster Ephraim Adams is hired, Zoe finds his attitudes and ideas difficult to tolerate. Faced with the challenging task of satisfying Adams' unrelenting perfectionism, Zoe is tempted once more to run away from her problems.
A Christmas Without Snow
1980 · 11 votes
Movie7.0DramaTV MovieTrue story of a blind couple who fought the authorities to acquire the right to adopt a child.
Eye on the Sparrow
1987 · 3 votes
Movie6.5DramaTV MovieA drama depicting the trials of a family of share croppers.
Long Road Home
1991 · 4 votes
Movie4.7DramaCrimeThe "Missing Heart Murders" are plaguing San Francisco - dead bodies that turn up with their hears surgically removed! So a weak-stomached homicide cop looks into the possibilities of a black market for human organs, while across town a man must make a difficult decision regarding his wife, who needs a transplant...
Cardiac Arrest
1980 · 6 votes
Movie6.5ThrillerTV MovieDr. Jesse Newman is assigned to treating David, a grieving policeman who lost his partner in a shootout. It seems the case is solved, until a lucky coin belonging to David's partner triggers a revealing series of psychic visions for Dr. Newman. The visions not only implicate the killer, but also reveal the sordid habits of San Francisco's business and political elite.
Eyes of Terror
1994 · 2 votes
- Movie7.5ComedyDrama
A group of elderly residents of an old San Francisco hotel are threatened with eviction when a developer wants to demolish the structure. Initially, they feel resigned to their fate, but a young desk clerk gets involved and helps spearhead a resistance.
Street Music
1981 · 4 votes
- MovieDocumentary
A cure for Alzheimer's. A Nobel Prize. On one remote island, a high stakes battle to solve a medical mystery unfolds. The Illness and the Odyssey gives us an up-close look at the scientific process in the making as we observe internationally acclaimed scientists battling each other to find the cause of a mysterious disease found on Guam - Lytico-Bodig. If the answer is found it may lead to finding the cause and cure of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's Disease. The film features renowned author and neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks.