John Karlen Movies

A detective tracks a serial killer through San Francisco.

Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.

A handsome young man trades his soul so that his portrait ages while he stays eternally young.

Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.

In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more...

Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a terrorist bombing. Based on the events...

Can a squad of misfit cheerleaders with an over-age trainer possibly win the big cheerleading competition.

A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Released as a feature on video, this was originally shown...

The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-convicts, and others.

New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment...

Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she...

A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.

A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.

When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering...

About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired killer.

Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when they're assigned to the city's first capital...

A family moves from an affluent Chicago suburb to the mixed inner-city neighborhood where the father grew up, with the idea of giving the kids, who...

After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her.

Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with...

The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.