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America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back

Original title: America's Most Wanted
  • TV Series
  • 1988–2021
  • TV-PG
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.3K
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Don LaFontaine and John Walsh in America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988)
CrimeDocumentary

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.

  • Stars
    • John Walsh
    • Daniel David Sim
    • Don LaFontaine
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    2.3K
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    • Stars
      • John Walsh
      • Daniel David Sim
      • Don LaFontaine
    • 23User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    John Walsh
    John Walsh
    • Self…
    Daniel David Sim
    Daniel David Sim
    • FBI Agent
    Don LaFontaine
    Don LaFontaine
    • Announcer
    Jon Leiberman
    • Self - Correspondent…
    Angeline Hartmann
    • Self…
    Tom Morris
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    John Turchin
    • Self - Correspondent
    Michelle Sigona
    • Self - Correspondent…
    Ed Miller
    • Self - Correspondent
    Patrick Michael Strange
    Patrick Michael Strange
    • Hotline Operator…
    David Sontag
    David Sontag
    • Truck driver
    Wes Johnson
    Wes Johnson
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    Ashleigh Banfield
    Ashleigh Banfield
    Sanford Strong
    Chuck Shepherd
    Lena Nozizwe
    David L. Gandy
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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)
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      Check The Lock
      Written by Carlos Villalobos

      Performed by Carlos Villalobos

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    User reviews23

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    8/10

    Please don't take off the air

    I loved watching America's Most Wanted, it was very educational to see how things are done in finding criminals. Anytime we can get the criminals off the street is a good thing and anything that will help should not be stopped or hindered.

    It also shows people all the different things to look for when meeting new people, weather it be a new neighbor, friend or co-worker. You just can't be too careful now a days with anyone, even family members or neighbors you thought you could trust.

    Please make sure this show is never taken off the air for any reason because you will be doing this Country a disservice.
    • dfer528763
    • Jan 8, 2012
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    • Release date
      • February 7, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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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
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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