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Jude Farese

1940 – 2020 · USA · Active 1971–2003
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Hollywood Man

Hollywood Man

1976 ★ 5.1
as Rhodes

An aging action star risks his savings to finish an independent biker movie, unaware that his crooked investors have hired a violent gang to sabotage the production and seize his money. Cash-strapped actor/director Rafe Stoker (Smith) reluctantly agrees to put up almost all of his personal fortune as collateral to shady investors in order to complete production on his action film. In turn, they hire Harvey (Girardin), an unstable biker, to sabotage the production so that they can collect on Stoker's pledge. Harvey and his gang engage in escalating acts of violence against Stoker's film crew and other random people while Stoker desperately attempts to complete his film shoot amidst other production delays. After completing the movie, Stoker and his girlfriend Julie (Woronov) are gunned down by thugs hired by his backers. Hollywood action film star Rafe Stoker has sunk $130,000 of his own money into his own production, but can't find legitimate financing to complete the film. His mob-connected investor demands an exorbitant amount of collateral and a guarantee that Rafe hand over a commercially acceptable film in 4 weeks, then hires a gang of psycho bikers to sabotage the picture to ensure he collects Stoker's collateral. As if a cranky local cop and bad weather didn't slow production enough, Crazy Harvey decides to take Rafe out of the picture after Rafe shows him up once too often. Hollywood action film star Rafe Stoker has sunk $130,000 of his own money into his own production, but can't find legitimate financing to complete the film. His mob-connected investor demands an exorbitant amount of collateral and a guarantee that Rafe hand over a commercially acceptable film in 4 weeks. A film crew struggles to finish a motorcycle-stunt epic despite repeated threats of sabotage from the mob.

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Filmography

17 credits
2000s 1 credit
2003
Las Vegas as Frank
TV ★ 7.0
1990s 1 credit
1990
Maniac Cop 2 as Sergeant
Movie ★ 5.9
1980s 7 credits
1988
Police Story as Dominic
TV
1984
City Heat as Dub Slack
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Hunter as 1st Fisherman
TV ★ 7.1
1982
Some Kind of Hero as Bandit #1
Movie ★ 5.6
1982
Movie ★ 5.1
1980
Movie ★ 5.7
1980
Movie
1970s 7 credits
1976
Movie ★ 4.9
1974
Newman's Law as Cop #1
Movie ★ 6.6
1972
Movie ★ 4.1
1972
Hammer as Thug at Final Fight (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.4
1972
The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide as Det. Sgt. Jerry Russo
Movie ★ 4.4
1971
Columbo as Al Murphy
TV ★ 8.1
1971
Columbo as Highway Patrolman
TV ★ 8.1
Crew Credits
1970s 1 credit
1976
Movie ★ 4.9