Alien Nation 1989  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
Director: Kenneth Johnson, Harry Longstreet
Cast: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland, Sean Six, Terri Treas, Ron Fassler, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Marcus, Molly Morgan, Jeff Doucette, Robert Allan Curtis
In this TV version of the 1988 movie, Gary Graham inherits the James Caan role of policeman Matthew Sykes who teams up with an alien (Eric Pierpoint) in near-future Los Angeles. As they learn to accept each other's differences, they go after the drug dealers in L.A.
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The Annihilators 1985  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Charles E. Sellier
Cast: Christopher Stone, Andy Wood, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jim Antonio, Gerrit Graham, Dennis Redfield, Paul Koslo, Bruce Evers, Millie Fisher, Tom Harper
Angry Vietnam vets get together and take matters into their own hands by annihilating evil gangs, after which they return to life as usual.
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Claudine 1974  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu, David Kruger, Yvette Curtis, Stefan Gierasch, Art Evans
Diahann Carroll was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a single mother with six kids who tries to survive in the inner-city and must decide whether her boyfriend, Roop (James Earl Jones), is the one she really wants to spend her life with.
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Cooley High 1975  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis, Joseph Carter Wilson, Sherman Smith, Norman Gibson, Steven Williams, Jackie Taylor, Maurice Marshall, Christine Jones, Lynn Caridine, Mary Larkins
Set in 1964, this is the story of teens–Preach (Glynn Turman) and basketball star Cochise (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs)–who attend Cooley Vocational High School on Chicago's North Side. With friends Willie, Pooter, and Tyrone (Maurice Leon Davis, Corin Rogers, and Joseph Carter Wilson), they express their youthful emotions by pulling harmless scams around their neighborhood. As they end their last year in high school, they overstep their bounds and are falsely accused of stealing a car after taking a joy ride with hoods. This film became the basis for TV's "What's Happening!" series.
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Quiet Fire 1991  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Cast: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Nadia Marie, Lance Lindsay, Robert Z'Dar, Karen Black, Jastero Coviare, David Elliot, Michael Ferrare, Alicia Gilbert, Angela Kassens
Vietnam veteran Jesse Palmer (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) must take matters into his own hands to stop his corrupt, ex-Commanding Officer from winning an election for Senator. But the candidate has plenty of firepower at his disposal.
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| 1. Alien Nation (1989)
2. The Annihilators (1985)
3. Claudine (1974)
4. Cooley High (1975)
5. Quiet Fire (1991)
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