 Batman 1989   PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Palance, Michael Gough, Tracey Walter, Jerry Hall, Lee Wallace, William Hootkins, Mac McDonald
Take Michael Keaton as the brooding, romantic millionaire Bruce Wayne/Batman; add Jack Nicholson as the colorful yet demented criminal mastermind, The Joker; put them in dark and sinister Gotham City; and you have the makings of a good film. The Caped Crusader must stop his evil nemesis (in makeup) from wiping out the entire city with acid. Good fun.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings 1976 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson, Stan Shaw, Jophery Brown, Leon Wagner, Tony Burton, Sam Brison, Alvin Childress, Otis Day, John McCurry, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Sam Laws
A 1930s' baseball team defects from its all-Black league and sets off into the country challenging–and winning against–local White teams.
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Brian's Song 1971   G, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, James Caan, Judy Pace, Shelley Fabares, Bernie Casey, David Huddleston, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Abe Gibron, Jack Concannon, Ed O'Bradovich, Chicago Bears Players, Chicago Bears Coaches, Chicago Bears Staff, Harold "Happy" Hairston
This made-for-TV film is based on Chicago Bears football player Brian Piccolo's losing bout with cancer. His friendship with teammate Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) is highlighted as well as the effect Piccolo's tragedy has on his entire team.
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Carter's Army 1970  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Black Brigade
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier, Moses Gunn, Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Stewart, Bobby Johnson, Napoleon Whiting, Paul Mooney
Captain Beau Carter (Stephen Boyd) is ordered to lead an all-Black unit on a suicide mission to take a bridge under Nazi control. An even bigger problem than taking the bridge is that Carter is a redneck and has been given only two days to train his men for the mission. Will he succeed?
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Chiefs 1983 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Charlton Heston, Paul Sorvino, Billy Dee Williams, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis, Stephen Collins, Danny Glover, John Goodman, Tess Harper, Leon Rippy
This made-for-TV miniseries is filled with suspense as a small town's police chief (Billy Dee Williams) reopens a 40-year-old murder case that his predecessors were unable to bring to conclusion. 6 User Reviews
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| | This movie is one of my all time favorites. | Ms Lilly 08/20/2012 | | I remember being glued to the TV. while watching this movie, could not tear myself away from the TV, afraid I would miss something on the movie. Not only do I remember the movie I remember when it happened. I was a little girl growing up in Ga. I can remember hearing the grown ups talking about how many bodies they found every day, and how many bodies added to the count from the day before. The movie just flooded the memories all over again. |
| | Spectacular NBC-TV miniseries with an all-star cast | Brazil Man 06/07/2011 | A murder investigation reopened by a local sheriff 40 years after the fact leads to a spectacular ending.
Billy Dee Williams, Charlton Heston, Stephen Collins, Keith Carradine, and many famed other actors lead this top notch production. |
| | Along with Patton my favorite miniseries/movie ever | Buck 08/06/2010 | | At the time of this movie (early 80's), I was a young AF officer stationed in upstate N.Y. Having grown up in the Deep South, I could relate to this movie. Haven't seen it in over 20 years but I literally remember every line and every scene. The best ever!!! |
| | BEST MOVIE | Anonymous 11/12/2009 | | I was only a youngster at the time my family and I sat down to watch this movie in the 80s considering I was born in 1980. This movie left me stunned, captivated!! I remeber this movie so vividly in my mind. I've only seen it once in my life and I would love to purchase this movie buy dvd,vhs... |
| | It was an excellent movie I would love to purchase it. | mshelen3 02/22/2007 | | |
| | to buy Chiefs | Lorilee 01/28/2007 | | i would like to buy or rent this movie |
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Constellation 2007  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Gabrielle Union, Melissa De Sousa, Hill Harper, Zoe Saldana, Ever Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, David Clennon, Rae Dawn Chong, Clarence Williams III, Daniel Bess, Alec Newman, Adam Nelson, Trey Rogers
As Carmel Boxer's (Gabrielle Union) African American relatives gather in Alabama for her funeral, her brother, Helms (Billy Dee Williams), arrives from Paris but wants nothing to do with the funeral or his extended family. Although society has changed over the years, Carmel's interracial affair with Bear Korngold (young Bear played by Daniel Bess) in the 1950s forced a wedge in the family that has remained for half a century. Now, Helms must confront his family and the demons that have plagued them over the years.
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Fanboys 2009  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Adventure
Director: Kyle Newman
Cast: Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Seth Rogen, David Denman, Christopher McDonald, Thom Bishops, Charlie B. Brown, Isaac Kappy, Danny Trejo, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Ethan Suplee
In 1998, "Star Wars" fans–Hutch (Dan Fogler), Zoe (Kristen Bell), Eric (Sam Huntington), Windows (Jay Baruchel), and Linus (Chris Marquette)–set off from Ohio on a road trip that will feature chase scenes, a night in jail, and even a brawl with Trekkies. The purpose of the trip is to break into George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch to get their hands on "Star Wars: Episode I–The Phantom Menace," which is not scheduled for release for a few more months. Linus has terminal cancer and may not be alive on the release date. So, the only way for him to see the much anticipated film is for his friends to steal it and allow Linus to watch the film before he dies.
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Fear City 1984  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Mystery
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith, Jack Scalia, Rossano Brazzi, Rae Dawn Chong, Joe Santos, Michael V. Gazzo, Jan Murray, Maria Conchita Alonso, Janet Julian, Daniel Faraldo, Ola Ray, John Foster, Emilia Crow
New York prostitutes are being killed, and police try to find the murderer. This film contains plenty of violence and follows the predictable course as good guys try to capture the bad guy. Very good cast wasted. 2 User Reviews
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The Final Comedown 1972 R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Oscar Williams
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Raymond St. Jacques, D'Urville Martin, Celia Kay, R.G. Armstrong, Maidie Norman, Pamela Jones, Morris D. Erby, Ed Cambridge, Billy Durkin, Cal Wilson, John Johnson, Judy Morris
Jimmy Johnson (Billy Dee Williams) is a Black youth who is upset when he loses out on a job opportunity to an unqualified White man. After he joins forces with Imir (Raymond St. Jacques) and Billy Joe Ashley (D'Urville Martin), the incident concerning Jimmy's loss of a job accelerates into a race war when Black revolutionaries infiltrate the White suburbs.
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The Glass House 1972  TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Alan Alda, Vic Morrow, Billy Dee Williams, Clu Gulager, Kristoffer Tabori, Dean Jagger, Luke Askew, Scott Hylands, Edward Bell, Tony Mancini, G. Wood, Roy Jenson, Alan Vint
Filmed on location at Utah State Prison, this made-for-TV film revolves around college professor Jonathan Paige (Alan Alda) who is serving his term for manslaughter. Needing protection from those around him, Paige gets close to a gang led by ruthless Hugo Slocum (Vic Morrow)–and his problems only grow worse. Troubles abound also for prison guards. The chief prison guard is Officer Brown (Roy Jenson) who is a pawn of Slocums. New recruit Brian Courtland (Clu Gulager) finds his hands are tied as well. Everything about this prison appears to be corrupt, but that does not stop Courtland from attempting to bring about reform.
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Hard Time 1998 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Burt Reynolds
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Robert Loggia, Mia Sara, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Buie, Paco Christian Prieto, Buck Taylor, John D'Aquino, Ja'net DuBois, Gene LeBell, Roddy Piper
Tough, veteran cop Logan (Burt Reynolds) is framed for murder. He breaks out of the maximum security prison and heads to Miami to get the man who framed him. Made for TV.
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Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III 1994 TV, 260 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Genie Francis, Rip Torn, Billy Dee Williams, Kyle Chandler, Jonathan Frakes, Cathy Lee Crosby, Cliff De Young, Lesley-Anne Down, Mariette Hartley, Peter O'Toole, James Read, Robert Wagner
In this finale of the "North & South" miniseries, the Civil War has ended, and the Hazard and Main families enter the period of Reconstruction.
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 The Ladies Man 2000 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams, John Witherspoon, Jill Talley, Lee Evans, Will Ferrell, Sofia Milos, Eugene Levy, Ken Hudson Campbell
Based on his "Saturday Night Live" character, Tim Meadows brings to the big screen Chicago radio love doctor Leon Phelps–complete with leisure suit and giant Afro haircut. No one said it is easy to transform a short comedy sketch into a full-length movie. But, that doesn't mean there are not some good laughs in this one.
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 Lady Sings the Blues 1972 R, 144 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Scatman Crothers, Milton Selzer, Ned Glass, Paul Hampton, Yvonne Fair, Isabel Sanford, Tracee Lyles, Norman Bartold, Clay Tanner
Diana Ross makes her film debut as singer Billy "Lady Day" Holliday in this biography of Holliday's rise and ultimate fall. The story begins in her late childhood when she is raped by a drunk and then works as a maid in a Harlem bordello. The piano man (Richard Pryor) at the bordello convinces Holiday to become a singer. She excels in the music business but turns to drugs. After trying to get clean in a sanitarium, Holliday does find a new life with gambler Louis McKay (Billy Dee Williams), but that happiness will be short-lived. Diana Ross received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her work in this movie.
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The Last Angry Man 1959 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Luther Adler, Joby Baker, Joanna Moore, Billy Dee Williams, Godfrey Cambridge, Cicely Tyson, Nancy R. Pollock
Dr. Sam Abelman (Paul Muni) is an elderly doctor who has spent his lifetime helping his patients without regard for financial gain. Now the media is interested in him, and he is determined to remain true to his idealism. Muni received an Academy Award nomination.
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Mahogany 1975 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Berry Gordy
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Beah Richards, Nina Foch, Marisa Mell, Lenard Norris, Ira Rogers, Marvin Corman
Tracy (Diana Ross) is a poor secretary from a Chicago ghetto who struggles to reach the top of the fashion world. Ross is good in an otherwise weak film.
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Marvin and Tige 1983 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Weston
Cast: John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Gibran Brown, Denise Nicholas, Fay Hauser, Georgia Allen, Jerry Penson, Charles Darden, May K. Pearce, Lou Walker
Marvin Stewart (John Cassavetes) is an unhappy widower who gains a second chance at life when he befriends a young black boy, Tige Jackson (Gibran Brown), and takes him under his wing.
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Mask of Death 1996  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Mitchell
Cast: Lorenzo Lamas, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, George Jenesky, Jerry Wasserman, Thomas Cavanagh, Kevin McNulty, Tim Henry, Ciara Hunter, James Crescenzo
Lyle (Lorenzo Lamas) and Frank (George Jenesky) are on the lam, though Frank is really working for the FBI to trap Lyle. In the process they take hostages, including Detective Turner (Rae Dawn Chong) and Detective McKenna's (also Lamas) wife. When McKenna shows up, bullets fly and Lyle is killed. Now, McKenna takes on the persona of Lyle to finish the job, as does Turner, McKenna's partner. Poor story, poor acting, poor directing, etc.
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Nighthawks 1981  R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Nigel Davenport, Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell, Catherine Mary Stewart, Edward Fox, Persis Khambatta, Hilary Thompson, Walter Mathews, E. Brian Dean, Caesar Cordova, Charles Duval, Tony Munafo
Two N.Y.C. cops–Deke DaSilva (Sylvester Stallone) and Matthew Fox (Billy Dee Williams)–are recruited to track down international terrorist Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer) who has detonated a bomb in a department store and killed several children. DaSilva and Fox enter a cat-and-mouse game in their effort to catch Wulfgar and track him down via a variety of urban locations including subways, discos, and even a tram above Manhattan.
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The Out of Towners 1970 G, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Out-of-Towners
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron, Anne Meara, Ann Prentiss, Graham Jarvis, Ron Carey, Philip Bruns, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Dooley, Robert Nichols, Carlos Montalban, Robert King, Dolph Sweet, Thalmus Rasulala
Heading for a job interview in N.Y.C., a couple, George and Gwen Kellerman (Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis), leave their quiet neighborhood in Ohio and meet with disasters. Dennis' oft-heard description of each and every new misfortune that they encounter is "Oh, My God!" This is a very funny film. 1 User Review
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| | bamabelle 02/10/2010 | | This is the funniest film I have ever seen. The story line is outrageously so connective, it could just as well have been a non-fiction. Keep the tissues handy, OH NO, not a tear jerking film, but you will laugh so hard you will need the tissues for tears falling from laughing so darn hard |
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Percy & Thunder 1993 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ivan Dixon
Cast: Gloria Foster, James Earl Jones, Zakes Mokae, Gloria Reuben, Courtney B. Vance, Billy Dee Williams, Robert Wuhl, Mick E. Jones, Ron Shipp, Mike Finneran, Henry Darrow, John Pleshette, Joan Pringle, Ketty Lester, James Tillis
Percy Baker (James Earl Jones) is a former prizefighter who trains a potential champ, Thunder Carter (Courtney B. Vance). While training at Sugar Brown's (Gloria Foster) camp, Thunder catches the eye of Ralph Tate (Billy Dee Williams). Tate runs a syndicate, and he wants in on the property. Percy is replaced but does not step aside easily, and he works at cleaning up the corruption in boxing.
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 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: The Empire Strikes Back
Director: Irvin Kirshner
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones, Kenny(2) Baker, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Jeremy Bulloch, Clive Revill, Julian Glover, Kenneth Colley
In this second "Star Wars" film, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Lando (Billy Dee Williams), Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew, Han (Harrison Ford), R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), and C-3P0 (Anthony Daniels), along with the Rebel Alliance are on the ice planet Hoth. Luke travels to a distant planet to become a Jedi knight from Jedi Master Yoda (voice of Frank Oz) in order to do battle with Darth Vader (David Prowse, voice of James Earl Jones). Great special effects and good plot.
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 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983 PG, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: Return of the Jedi
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Alec Guinness, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Kenny(2) Baker, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Sebastian Shaw, Peter Mayhew, Michael Pennington, Kenneth Colley
George Lucas comes through with a myriad of special effects in this third installment of the "Star Wars" adventures. This time, many questions are answered about Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Darth Vader (David Prowse and voice of James Earl Jones).
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Steel Sharks 1996 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rodney McDonald
Cast: Gary Busey, Billy Dee Williams, Billy Warlock, Shaun Toub, Robert Miranda, David Roberson, Barry Livingston, Tim Abell, Mathew St. Patrick, Eric Lawson, Tim Lounibos, Larry Poindexter, Matthew R. Anderson, Anthony Griffith, Miranda Wolfe
After terrorists kidnap a noted biological/chemical expert, the elite Navy team, "Steel Sharks," is assigned the task of freeing him. Good-guy and bad-guy high-tech submarines play a role in the action.
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The Take 1974 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke, Albert Salmi, Vic Morrow, A Martinez, James Luisi, Tracy Reed, Kathrine Baumann, Kathleen Hughes, John Davis Chandler, Dick Yarmy
A police officer, Sneed (Billy Dee Williams), is a good cop, BUT his greed gets in the way, and he takes in money under the table through bribes, which he feels justified in doing because of his early childhood traumas. The early years of Sneed's life are shown through flashbacks. Watch for Frankie Avalon as a crook behind bars yelling, "Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!"
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Undercover Brother 2002 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Chi McBride, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Noseworthy, James(1) Brown
When a black, four-star general (Billy Dee Williams) considers running for President of the USA, "The (white) Man" tries to stop him. But, "The Man" doesn't plan on Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin) entering the fray and foiling the evil plans.
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The Visit 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Hill Harper, Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Billy Dee Williams, Phylicia Rashad, Talia Shire, David Clennon, Glynn Turman, Efrain Figueroa
Based on a play that, in turn, is taken from a true story, "The Visit" is about convicted rapist Alex Waters (Hill Harper) who is dying in prison when he calls on his family to visit. Along with psychiatrist Dr. Coles (Phylicia Rashad), his mother (Marla Gibbs), father (Billy Dee Williams), and brother (Obba Babatunde) try to sort out what went wrong.
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| 1. Batman (1989)
2. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
3. Brian's Song (1971)
4. Carter's Army (1970)
aka: Black Brigade
5. Chiefs (1983)
6. Constellation (2007)
7. Deadly Illusion (1987)
aka: Love You to Death
8. Fanboys (2009)
9. Fear City (1984)
10. The Final Comedown (1972)
11. The Glass House (1972)
12. Hard Time (1998)
13. Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (1994)
14. The Ladies Man (2000)
15. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
16. The Last Angry Man (1959)
17. Mahogany (1975)
18. Marvin and Tige (1983)
19. Mask of Death (1996)
20. Nighthawks (1981)
21. The Out of Towners (1970)
aka: The Out-of-Towners
22. Percy & Thunder (1993)
23. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
aka: The Empire Strikes Back
24. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
aka: Return of the Jedi
25. Steel Sharks (1996)
26. The Take (1974)
27. Undercover Brother (2002)
28. The Visit (2000)
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