Sonny Landham Filmography

	Southern Comfort (1981) Synopsis: Nine Louisiana National Guardsmen head into the bayou for a routine training mission. They accidentally ignite a vengeful war by the Cajun inhabitants when they trespass on their territory, and when one of them fires a round of blanks, as a practical joke, and the natives think the bullets are real. Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, Movies Unlimited, New Line Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment, United American Video Corp..
	Poltergeist (1982) Synopsis: Frisky poltergeists put a little excitement into the daily routine of the Freeling family's humdrum lives by moving furniture and communicating with their youngest daughter, Carol Anne, through the television set. Unfortunately, harmless pranks quickly turn nasty and the previously friendly ghosts kidnap Carol Anne, trapping her in the spirit world. To win the child back, the family calls in a team of parapsychologists and a midget psychic who conduct an elaborate exorcism. Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, Movies Unlimited, Warner Home Video.
	48 Hrs. (1982) Synopsis: A tough detective teams up with a petty criminal who's been released from prison for two days to help catch his former cohorts. The jailbird dons an Armani suit and the unlikely duo dashes around San Francisco tracking the bad guys and trading insults. After surviving a few high-speed car chases and several shoot-outs, they overcome their mutual dislike for each other and begin to bond. Distributor: Facets Video, Movies Unlimited, Paramount Home Entertainment, Pioneer Entertainment.
	Fleshburn (1983) Synopsis: A demented ex-Vietnam vet escapes from an insane asylum, captures the team of psychiatrists who had him committed, and then proceeds to torture them in a particularly sick fashion, featuring witchcraft and unusual Native American rituals. Distributor: Media Home Entertainment/Heron Communications, Rhino Home Video/Records.
	The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (1985) Synopsis: In this made-for-TV sequel to "The Dirty Dozen," the strike force goes on a suicide mission inside Nazi Germany. Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, Movies Unlimited.
	Fortune Dane (1986) Synopsis: A police officer, once a college athlete and pro-football player, is prompted into action when a hit-man kills nine people. While in pursuit of the killer, he is framed for drug possession and removed from the case, but all evidence points to the last person Dane would ever suspect. Distributor: Movies Unlimited, Trimark Home Video.
	Firewalker (1986) Synopsis: The search for a lost Aztec temple filled with gold leads an ex-Marine and his globe-trotting buddies to barroom brawls, near-decapitations, and Native American mystical rites. Distributor: Condor Video, Image Entertainment, Inc., Movies Unlimited, Star Maker Video.
	Lock Up (1989) Synopsis: Prison flick starring Stallone as a good convict whose sentence is almost completed. He attempts to escape, however, in order to see his dying dad one last time. He is caught, giving his warden-from-hell even more reasons -- and ammunition -- to torture him brutally. Distributor: Artisan Entertainment, Bridgestone Multimedia Group, Image Entertainment, Inc., Movies Unlimited.
	Predator (1987) Synopsis: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in a Central American jungle, Dutch and his hardcase troops encounter an enemy more deadly than any creature on earth--because it isn't from earth. Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Festival Films, Movies Unlimited.
	Action Jackson (1988) Synopsis: A Detroit cop goes up against an evil car company owner. The businessman has been killing auto union representatives and replacing them with his own men, but Action Jackson is watching and stalking his every move. When the executive tries to frame Jackson for murder, he trips up and the cop finally catches him. Jackson is helped by a Motown singer who first sides with the auto man, but then switches her alligence, and affections, to the cop. Distributor: Image Entertainment, Inc., Lorimar Home Video, Movies Unlimited, Warner Home Video.
	Maximum Force (1992) Synopsis: Three renegade cops work as a team declaring war on both the corrupt chief of police and the crime lord's deadly hatchetman. Distributor: Movies Unlimited, Sunland Studios.
	Best Of The Best II (1993) Synopsis: Two former members of the U.S. national karate team join forces to avenge the death of their friend, who was brutally slain in competition at an underground Las Vegas fighting club. An initial confrontation between the revenge-minded pair and the murderer leaves the evildoer with a horrible facial scar, and he vows to bury the two interlopers. After he makes a few attempts to gun the duo down, they finally settle the score in a bloody grudge match at the club. Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Movies Unlimited.
	Taxi Dancers (1993) Synopsis: To support herself while pursuing an acting career, a beautiful young woman becomes a "Taxi Dancer," an erotic dancer whose duties sometimes include more. After becoming involved with one of the wealthy patrons of the club she finds he's a Mob target. Distributor: A.I.P. Home Video, Inc..
	Billy Lone Bear (1995) Synopsis: A prostitute witnesses the murder of one of her "John's". Her only salvation is a burn-out police detective who has to protect her from the police, and the IRA. "Pretty Woman meets 48Hrs." Distributor: SonnyLandham.com.
	Madam Hollywood (1999) Synopsis: When a beautiful reporter infiltrates a Hollywood call girl ring, she slowly descends into a haze of perversion and decadence. But when her boyfriend leaves her and her client's obsessions turn violent, she must take the law into her own hands. Distributor: Asylum Pictures.

Biography

SONNY LANDHAM A descendant of the Cherokee and Seminole Nations, Sonny was born February 11, 1941 in Canton, Georgia. The Landham family having been struck hard by the"great depression" had to live very conservatively to maintain a middle class status. The goal of the family for Sonny was a top of the line education, therefore, Sonny always attended private schools until he went to college. Sonny's main goal was sports, especially football.

After three years in the army, and studies at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, Sonny went to work in the oil fields in and around Los Angles,California. In L.A. Sonny met the major influence on his life in the person of Mr.Carroll R.B.Righter, the world's foremost astrologer. Carroll did Sonny's astrological chart, and insisted, that Sonny study acting. Sonny attended the very famous Pasadena Playhouse, where he received training in the theater of arts, and did plays on the main stage. Also, Sonny studied with renown acting coach Bob Paris, before ever venturing into the commercial acting world of New York and Hollywood. Later, Sonny studied with Frank Carsaro, the Actor's Studio, and Sal Dano. Even with all of this top notch training, it took Sonny Twenty years to be discovered over night. Sonny's big break in movies came, when one of Hollywood's all-time great directors, Walter Hill, cast Sonny as Billy Bear in 48hrs. 48hrs. changed Sonny's life forever. The movie offers started coming fast and furious, among them, Predator, Fleshburn, Firewalker, and many others plus TV offers. Sonny became known as a filmmaker. He produced movies, directed movies, wrote movie scripts, and even became a published author with his book Total Man, but Sonny's main passion is still golf. Sonny's life was a fairytail until his wife developed serious mental problems, and refused any treatment. During divorce proceedings in 1998, Sonny's wife Belita ran to a women's abuse center, due to her fear of losing money and custody of their daughter, Priscilla. Even though Sonny had never struck his wife or children (Rachel Landham is a step-daughter) [the foregoing statement was made by Belita and Rachel], the fascist women's abuse groups of Kentucky and the federal government through judicial terrorism framed Sonny, and he did thirty-one (31) months in federal prison, before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Acquitted Sonny and ordered his immediate release from federal prison saying " Landham committed no crime…..This case should never have been brought to trial." Sonny now lives in Ashland, Kentucky, where he is fighting many legal battles to get back his children, his reputation, and compensation for the agonizing hell, that he was put through. You can read the whole legal story on the legal page of Sonny's web site. We will also be adding to the bio page with past and present information, so that each and every questions about Sonny Landham that his fans have, can be answered. Ask your questions, fans!!!