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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
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Don LaFontaine and John Walsh in America's Most Wanted (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
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  • Stars
    • John Walsh
    • Daniel David Sim
    • Don LaFontaine
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    • 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
    53 episodes53 eps • 2007–2009
    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
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    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

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    Way to fight back John!
    In the summer of 1981 in Hollywood, Florida when Adam Walsh was abducted and murdered it sent off a panic and fear all over the United States. The father of Adam that being John Walsh lobbied Congress to pass the Missing Children's Bill to facilitate the police in such cases all around the country and a national center for missing children was even created. Then in 1988 John Walsh with his special interest had a nationwide show "America's Most Wanted" which was seen as a criminal search. By 1995 350 profiled criminals had been captured with the help of viewer tips. This series is so popular that it still currently shows on FOX and has made host John Walsh so well known that he is considered a celebrity to many people. The most terrible crimes such as murder and rape and serial killings are profiled so this is serious stuff. John Walsh may have lost a son to crime but he fights for not only Adam but many other victims to show the rights of a victim must be noticed and most important of all the goal is to catch a criminal.
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    Details

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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
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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