Larry Csonka Movies
- 1989
- R
The Snake Eaters are an elite division of the Marines especially trained for search and destroy missions. This actioner chronicles the exploits of one of them who has become a cop. Known as a tough loner, he returns to find the band of backwoods bad-guys who killed his parents and abducted his sister. Two sequels follow this film. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1986
The football video Crunchtime introduces viewers to the toughest men in America's roughest sport. Sports enthusiasts get a chance to meet the men who specialize in devastating collisions and crushes, the men who know how to make an opponent think twice on the next matchup. The documentary video features Howie Long, Mike Curtis, Dick Butkus, Larry Csonka, Randy White, and others. Consisting of interview footage and video clips from rough-and-tumble games, the program offers insight into the vicious role of the football guard. ~ Betsy Boyd, All Movie Guide
An expensive war epic, Midway emulates The Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! in attempting to re-create a famous World War II battle from both the American and Japanese viewpoints. The 1942 battle of Midway was the turning point of the War in the Pacific; the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed, and America's string of humiliating defeats was finally broken. Though the battle itself was sufficiently dramatic to fill two films, Midway also has plotline involving the mixed-race relationship between Ensign Garth (Edward Albert), son of Navy Captain Matt Garth (Charlton Heston), and Haruko Sakura (Christina Kokubo), a Hawaiian girl of Japanese descent. The real-life personages depicted herein include American Admirals Nimitz (Henry Fonda), Halsey (Robert Mitchum) and Spruance (Glenn Ford), and Japanese Admiral Yamamoto (Toshiro Mifune, his voice once again dubbed by Paul Frees, whom Mifune personally selected for the job). For its original road show release, Midway was offered in the "Sensurround" process, which electronically shook and vibrated the audience's chairs during the battle sequences. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, (more)
- 1974
In the opening episode of Emergency!'s fourth season, comedian Shelley Berman guest stars as obnoxious screenwriter Art Frommich, who insists upon seeking "inspiration" by accompanying paramedics Roy (Kevin Tighe) and John (Randolph Mantooth) on their daily rounds. The emergency load this week includes a fire at a toy factory, a motorcycle crash, and an emergency birth. NFL Hall of Famer (Larry Csonka) appears as a factory worker who goes violently berserk after being exposed to toxic chemicals. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
