Let's Do It Again 1975  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ossie Davis, Denise Nicholas, Mel Stewart, Julius Harris, Val Avery
Two Atlanta members (Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby) of a fraternal lodge find a way to con gamblers by using the occult to turn Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a winning prizefighter. This film follows "Uptown Saturday Night" and is followed by "A Piece of the Action."
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Made in America 1993  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Nia Long, Will Smith, Paul Rodriguez, Jennifer Tilly, Peggy Rea, Clyde Kusatsu, Lu Leonard, Mel Stewart
This is the story of Zora (Nia Long) who is the result of an artificial insemination of her mother (Whoopi Goldberg). Later, finding out that her father is a car salesman (Ted Danson), Zora realizes that her Black mother was impregnated by the sperm of a White man (and a flashy TV salesman at that!). Nevertheless, Zora wants a relationship with him.
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Nothing But a Man 1964 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Roemer
Cast: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster, Martin Priest, Leonard Parker, Yaphet Kotto, Stanley Greene, Helen Lounck, Helene Arrindell, Mel Stewart
In Alabama during the 1950s, a young Black couple–Duff (Ivan Dixon) and Josie (Abbey Lincoln)–struggle in the midst of racial prejudice to live lives of dignity.
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Scorpio 1973  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, James Sikking, Mel Stewart, Vladek Sheybal, Mary Maude, Jack Colvin, Burke Byrnes, William Smithers, Shmuel Rodensky
The daring world of espionage is the setting for this film about Soviet defector Cross (Burt Lancaster) who tries to escape the bullet of a CIA-blackmailed assassin, Laurier (Alain Delon).
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Steelyard Blues 1973 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Final Crash
Director: Alan Myerson
Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle, Garry Goodrow, Howard Hesseman, John Savage, Richard Schaal, Mel Stewart, Nancy Fish, Larry Hankin
Iris (Jane Fonda), Veldini (Donald Sutherland), and Eagle (Peter Boyle) are determined to restore an antiquated Navy plane in order to escape to a place of freedom. But, the plane is about to be scrapped, so they must raid the Navy's spare parts locker to find necessary parts.
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| 1. Deadlock (1969)
2. Let's Do It Again (1975)
3. Made in America (1993)
4. Nothing But a Man (1964)
5. Scorpio (1973)
6. Steelyard Blues (1973)
aka: The Final Crash
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