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America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back

Original title: America's Most Wanted
  • TV Series
  • 1988–20131988–2013
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.1K
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Don LaFontaine and John Walsh in America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988)
  • Documentary
  • Crime
True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Stars
    • John Walsh
    • Daniel David Sim
    • Don LaFontaine
Top credits
  • Stars
    • John Walsh
    • Daniel David Sim
    • Don LaFontaine
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 23User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    John Walsh
    John Walsh
    • Selfas Self…
    270 episodes270 eps • 1988–2011
    Daniel David Sim
    Daniel David Sim
    • FBI Agentas FBI Agent
    172 episodes172 eps • 1988–1995
    Don LaFontaine
    Don LaFontaine
    • Announceras Announcer
    89 episodes89 eps • 1991–2011
    Jon Leiberman
    • Self - Correspondentas Self - Correspondent…
    71 episodes71 eps • 2006–2010
    Angeline Hartmann
    • Selfas Self…
    69 episodes69 eps • 2007–2011
    Tom Morris
    • Self - Correspondentas Self - Correspondent…
    68 episodes68 eps • 1997–2011
    John Turchin
    • Self - Correspondentas Self - Correspondent
    67 episodes67 eps • 2007–2011
    Michelle Sigona
    • Self - Correspondentas Self - Correspondent…
    54 episodes54 eps • 2006–2009
    Ed Miller
    • Self - Correspondentas Self - Correspondent
    49 episodes49 eps • 2008–2009
    Patrick Michael Strange
    Patrick Michael Strange
    • Hotline Operatoras Hotline Operator…
    38 episodes38 eps • 2006–2012
    David Sontag
    David Sontag
    • Truck driveras Truck driver
    27 episodes27 eps • 1988–1992
    Wes Johnson
    Wes Johnson
    • Announceras Announcer…
    20 episodes20 eps • 1998–2009
    Ashleigh Banfield
    Ashleigh Banfield
    Lena Nozizwe
    Sanford Strong
    Chuck Shepherd
    David L. Gandy
    • Hotline Operatoras Hotline Operator
    17 episodes17 eps • 2008–2009
    Jacque Temple
    Jacque Temple
    • Hotline Operatoras Hotline Operator…
    14 episodes14 eps • 2005–2009
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    • Trivia
      The show's most spectacular success was the case of John List, who had murdered his entire family almost 20 years earlier. Thanks to an amazingly accurate forensic sculpture to account for his age since his last known photograph, List was captured on June 1, 1989, less than a week after the broadcast. He had adopted the pseudonym Robert Clark, and lived in Denver, Colorado and Midlothian, Virginia. On April 12, 1990, a New Jersey court convicted him of five counts of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to five life terms in prison. List died March 21, 2008, in a Trenton, New Jersey prison from complications of pneumonia. He was 82.
    • Quotes

      [Repeated Line]

      John Walsh: And remember, you can make a difference.

    • Connections
      Featured in Bad to the Bone (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Check The Lock
      Written by Carlos Villalobos

      Performed by Carlos Villalobos

      Courtesy of Quantum Tracks/APM Music

    User reviews23

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    Top review
    A truly important show
    With garbage like so-called reality shows, Survivor, etc. which have absolutely no basis in reality, this is one show that truly deserves the title of a reality show, John Walsh has probably helped to solve more heinous crimes than any police detective in history. I don't watch AMW that often, mostly cuz where I live very little serious crime happens (I live in the boondocks), but I admire what Mr. Walsh is trying to accomplish, I think John Walsh deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his show, but I get the feeling that if he were to ever win such an honour he would donate the money to a charity that specializes in helping victims families cope with crimes that were thrust upon them by sick criminals.
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    • mastoforoff
    • Jul 25, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 7, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A.M.W.
    • Filming locations
      • Miami, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • 20th Century Fox Television
      • Fox Productions
      • STF Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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