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Martin Kove

Martin Kove

2 films · 122 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19841984

Born 6 March 1946 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Martin Kove is a film and television actor best known for his work in films such as Rambo: First Blood Part II and the Karate Kid film series, and on TV series such as Cagney & Lacey.

How their films are shot

Measured across 122 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Martin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 63% of their frames are night, 57% low key — the look of the work Martin takes.

Time of day

Night63%
Day29%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Low key57%
Natural25%
High key11%

Shot size

Medium55%
Wide19%
Closeup15%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle9%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral42%
Tense33%
Ominous13%
Lonely8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 122 frames from Martin Kove's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.