The Big Score 1983  R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Williamson
Cast: Fred Williamson, John Saxon, Richard Roundtree, Ed Lauter, Nancy Wilson, D'Urville Martin, Michael Dante, Bruce Glover, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Tony King, Ron Dean
Chicago detective Frank Hooks (Fred Williamson) and his partners–Davis and Gordon (John Saxon and Richard Roundtree)–are on the trail of a drug dealer when a large cache of drug money disappears. Frank is accused of stealing the money and is suspended from the police force. Now, Frank can ignore all the rules and take on the drug dealers himself.
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Black Caesar 1973  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin, Julius Harris, Minnie Gentry, Philip Roye, William Wellman Jr., Val Avery, James Dixon, Patrick McAllister, Don Pedro Colley, Myrna Hansen, Omer Jeffrey, Michael Jeffrey
Tommy Gibbs (Omer Jeffrey) was a tough kid from the ghetto who aimed to be a big-time gangster. Tommy's (now played by Fred Williamson) dreams are fulfilled, and he has risen near the top in the crime scene and is a member of "The Family." But he doesn't intend to stop there. There is a sequel: "Hell Up in Harlem."
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Death Journey 1975   R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Fred Williamson
Cast: Fred Williamson, Bernard Kirby, Art Maier, Lou Bedford, Heidi Dobbs, Stephanie Falkner, Ed Kovins, Patrick McCullough, Emil Farkas, Sam Coppola, Geoffrey Land, D'Urville Martin, James B. Campbell, Tony Brubaker, Alexis Tramunti
Tough Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is assigned the task of bringing an informant from L.A. to NYC–safely–in 48 hours. Using all transportation means available (including by foot) and fighting back the bad people all the way, he accomplishes his mission. 1 User Review
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| | good action | nightstar 07/23/2007 | | A highly entertaining actioner with good direction and wonderfull performance by Fred Wiliamson.The movies at a brisk pace and has some nice moments of comedy. |
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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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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967   N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Isabel Sanford, Roy Glenn, Virginia Christine, Tom Heaton, Alexandra Hay, Barbara Randolph, D'Urville Martin, Skip Martin
When Joey's (Katharine Houghton) parents (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy) discover their daughter is going to marry a Black man (Sidney Poitier), they express their concerns and disapproval. For 1967, this movie dealt with racism in a mature manner. Hepburn won the Best Actress Oscar for her role. The film also won an Academy Award for Best Writing and was nominated for eight more, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Cecil Kellaway), and Supporting Actress (Beah Richards). 2 User Reviews
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| | Relevant Social Film | AvidMovieFan 09/22/2007 | | This film in all its glory was groundbreaking in revealing the human spirit in what and how race matters in America. I loved this film because it captures the true feelings in each of us and challenges the status quo to "marry someone of your own race". Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy offer stellar performances along with Sir Sydney Poitier and Katherine Houghton. The film is set in beautiful San Francisco and offers a sense of hope to all who view the world as colorblind. The year this film was made Jim Crow was still active in this country and challenges us to look inside ourselves and question self-prejudice. Excellent film for all, especially for people who are in and interracial relationship. The line at the end, "you'll just have to hold on to each other tight" and don't give a DAMN what anybody thinks is priceless! |
| | Should a rich white girl marry a black nobel prize winner? | 1fatts 03/26/2007 | I really wanted to like this film.
It was Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy . . . in fact, Tracy's last film. Stanley Kramer directed. And in 1967 to dislike anything Sidney Poitier was in was seen, pretty much in itself, as an act of racism.
But the film -- its comedy and its "importance" -- turned, ultimately, on the conflict caused by the white woman and the black man wanting to marry. And it was all a straw man. The girl (Katherin Houghton), aside from playing about as vivid as a cardboard cutout of a Bryn Mawr recruitment ad, faced no sacrifice of money, position, parental angst, or anything else. The boy was a PhD, brilliant, a guaranteed financial and professional success and spoke the Queen's English with an ease and sophistication that John Gilgood could have envied.
In short: no conflict, no tension, no comedy, no "significance".
"In the Heat of the Night" it wasn't. Maybe "in the cool of the cocktail hour." |
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Hell Up in Harlem 1973  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery, D'Urville Martin, Tony King, Gerald Gordon, Bobby Ramsen, James Dixon, Esther Sutherland, Charles MacGuire, Ty Randolph, Janelle Webb, Al Kirk
In this sequel to "Black Caesar," Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is back–yes, he survived the injuries sustained in the gangland war–and reassembles his team. Now, with help from his estranged father Papa Gibbs (Julius Harris), Tommy builds up his criminal empire. Meanwhile, Tommy's henchman Zach (Tony King) and corrupt District Attorney DiAngelo (Gerald Gordon) plot against them, and Zach kills Papa. Now, there is no doubt that there will be hell up in Harlem when Tommy seeks revenge. Lots of violence.
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Watermelon Man 1970 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland, Erin Moran, Emil Sitka, Ray Ballard, Charles Lampkin, Paul Williams
Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) is an extremely bigoted White man who wakes up one day to discover that his skin has turned black.
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| 1. The Big Score (1983)
2. Black Caesar (1973)
3. Death Journey (1975)
4. The Final Comedown (1972)
5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
6. Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
7. Watermelon Man (1970)
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