All Night Long 1961  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Patrick McGoohan, Marti Stevens, Betsy Blair, Keith Michell, Richard Attenborough, Paul Harris, Bernard Beaden, Maria Velasco, Harry Towb
Good jazz is what makes this film work. Based on Shakespeare's "Othello," Othello is a bandleader and Desdemona is the singer while Iago rounds out the ensemble as the band's drummer.
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For Love of Ivy 1968   G, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters, Carroll O'Connor, Leon Bibb, Hugh Hurd, Lon Satton, Stanley Greene, Paul Harris, Tony Major, Clark Morgan, Bob Carey, Christopher St. John
When their housekeeper Ivy Moore (Abbey Lincoln) announces that she is ready to quit her job working for the Austin family, Frank Austin (Carroll O'Connor) and his children conspire to find a husband for Ivy. They do–in the person of gambler Jack Parks (Sidney Poitier), a dyed-in-the-wool bachelor, who is won over by Ivy. The title song received an Oscar nomination for Best Song. 1 User Review
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| | An excellent movie | Movie Lover 02/04/2007 | | This is a great love story and one about a woman finding the courage to be strong. |
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The Mack 1973  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Campus
Cast: Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed, Roger E. Mosley, William Watson, George Murdock, Dick Anthony Williams, Juanita Moore, Paul Harris
Recently released from prison, Goldie (Max Julien) sets up a prostitution ring but, in the process, he must deal with rival pimps, crooked cops, and drug dealers. 1 User Review
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| | Entertaining at best | Goldie 03/04/2007 | | |
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Truck Turner 1974 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase, Nichelle Nichols, Sam Laws, Paul Harris, Charles Cyphers, Scatman Crothers, Dick Miller, John Kramer, Bob Harris, Jac Emil, Stan Shaw, Wendell Tucker
Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes), a former football star, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down an evil pimp. Truck kills the pimp in self defense, which incurs the wrath of the pimp's woman (Nichelle Nichols). She hires the ruthless hit man Harvard Blue (Yaphet Kotto) and his gang of killers to exact revenge on Truck. Standard "blaxpoitation" with musical score by–you guessed it–Isaac Hayes.
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| 1. All Night Long (1961)
2. For Love of Ivy (1968)
3. The Mack (1973)
4. Truck Turner (1974)
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