5 Card Stud 1968  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
aka: Five Card Stud
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Denver Pyle, Ted de Corsia, Katherine Justice, John Anderson, Ruth Springford, Yaphet Kotto, Bill Fletcher, Whit Bissell, Ted de Corsia, Roy Jenson, Don Collier
After a stranger is lynched for cheating at cards, members of the lynching party become victims of a succession of unsolved murders. Van Morgan (Dean Martin), who had witnessed the hanging and tried to stop the lynching, sets out with hail-and-brimstone minister, Rev. Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum), to find the murderer. Is the murderer closer than Morgan imagines?
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Across 110th Street 1972  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Paul Benjamin, Ed Bernard, Richard Ward, Antonio Fargas, Norma Donaldson, Tim O'Connor
When three gang members in Harlem steal $300,000 from the Mafia, a blood bath results as they are tracked down by both the Mafia and the police.
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Alien 1979  R, 116 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Helen Horton, Bolaji Badejo, Eddie Powell
While returning to Earth, the spaceship Nostromo responds to an S.O.S. from a distant planet. Capt. Dallas (Tom Skerritt) and his crew explore the planet and discover a pod field. They approach the field for a closer look, and a creature leaps out and attaches itself to Kane (John Hurt). Despite Warrant Officer Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) objections, Kane reenters the spaceship. Soon after, an offspring of the alien erupts from Kane's stomach and runs off. Dallas leads his group in a search for what they now see as an alien killing machine. Incredibly scary film (not for kids) that was justifiably awarded the Best Visual Effects Oscar in 1979.
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Blue Collar 1977 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli, Lane Smith, Cliff De Young, Lucy Saroyan, Harry Northrup
Three workers at a Ford plant–Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto)–hatch plans to make big money by robbing the local union.
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Bone 1972 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Housewife
Beverly Hills Nightmare
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Andrew Duggan, Joyce Van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Casey King, Brett Somers, Dick Yarmy, James Lee, Rosanna Huffman, Ida Berlin
Set in Beverly Hills, this social satire takes place in the upscale home of (apparently) happily-married Bill and Bernadette (Andrew Duggan and Joyce Van Patten). Bone (Yaphet Kotto), a serial rapist, forces his way into their house and demands money. Thus begins the unveiling of the lies upon which Bill's and Bernadette's life is based as well as Bone's own demons. Larry Cohen's directorial debut.
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Brubaker 1980  R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Morgan Freeman, Matt Clark, Tim McIntire, Val Avery, M. Emmet Walsh
Henry Brubaker is a prison reformer who is the new warden at a prison. When he looks into problems at his prison, he finds that the entire system is corrupt. During his relentless search for truth, he threatens the jobs of his supervisors and is fired.
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991   R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
aka: A Nightmare on Elm Street 6
Director: Rachel Talalay
Cast: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane, Ricky Dean Logan, Breckin Meyer, Yaphet Kotto, Johnny Depp, Roseanne, Tom Arnold, Elinor Donahue, Virginia Peters
Freddy (Robert Englund) has finally killed all the youngsters in Springfield, so he decides it is time to go elsewhere for new victims. He recruits his daughter Maggie (Lisa Zane)–Where did she come from?–to assist, but instead he must duke it out with her in the final 3-D climax. Yes, Freddy is dead (again), but this turns out NOT to be the "final nightmare." Several guest stars make cameo appearances. A few clever scenes.
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Friday Foster 1975 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Arthur Marks
Cast: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala, Eartha Kitt, Jim Backus, Scatman Crothers, Carl Weathers, Ted Lange, Tierre Turner, Paul Benjamin, Jason Bernard, Ed Cambridge, Julius Harris, Rosalind Miles
As in the comic strip, our heroine Friday Foster (Pam Grier) is a fashion photographer who leads a double life in her fight for truth and justice. This time, she hears about an assassination conspiracy originating in Washington, D.C., and heads there with private detective Colt Hawkins (Yaphet Kotto) to track down the conspirators.
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Homicide: The Movie 2000 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Cast: Andre Braugher, Yaphet Kotto, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Clark Johnson, Daniel Baldwin, Giancarlo Esposito, Michelle Forbes, Reed Diamond, Max Perlich
The 1990s' TV show is brought to closure with this movie that brings "everyone" back for a bow. "Gee" (Yaphet Kotto), the former head of the Homicide Division, is running for mayor and a would-be killer sends him to the emergency room. As he balances between life and death, his old crew gets together to track down the gunman. Those who watched the series will get more out of the dialogue than the others who do not know much about the series' episodes.
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 Live and Let Die 1973 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto, Geoffrey Holder, Clifton James, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, David Hedison, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Tommy Lane, Madeline Smith, Robert Dix, Roy Stewart, Earl Jolly Brown
This is the eighth agent 007 film, but it is the first with Roger Moore in the starring role. In this installment, James Bond is on the trail of a Caribbean-based drug dealer. As with the previous seven 007 films, this one has plenty of gadgetry, beautiful women, and wild chases. It's not up to the standards of the others, though, except for the title song by Paul McCartney.
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Man and Boy 1972 G, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson, George Spell, Douglas Turner Ward, John Anderson, Henry Silva, Dub Taylor, Yaphet Kotto, Shelley Morrison, Richard Bull
Caleb (Bill Cosby) obtains a homestead in Arizona and plans to settle down. But when his horses are stolen, he and his son (George Spell) take off across the Southwest in pursuit, encountering bigotry and other hardships along the way. Cosby's feature film debut.
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Midnight Run 1988 R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Lois Smith
Robert De Niro plays a bounty hunter in search of an accountant (Charles Grodin) who has embezzled $15 million. He finds him, but the troubles he experiences returning him for the reward make for a very funny movie. Great fun.
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The Monkey Hu$tle 1976 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Arthur Marks
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Rosalind Cash, Randy Brooks, Debbi Morgan, Thomas Carter, Donn C. Harper, Lynn Caridine, Patricia McCaskill, Lynn Harris, Fuddle Bagley, Frank Rice, Kirk Calloway
Set, and filmed, in the ghettos of Chicago, this story involves small-time hustler Big Daddy Foxx (Yaphet Kotto) who teaches his "trade" to the younger generation. When their neighborhood is threatened to be torn down to make way for a new freeway, the community comes together to save its homes.
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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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Out of Synch 1995  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Debbie Allen
Cast: LL Cool J, Victoria Dillard, Ramy Zada, Howard Hesseman, Yaphet Kotto, Isaac Hayes, Aries Spears, Debbie Allen, Norm Nixon, Tim Reid
DJ Jason (LL Cool J) has spent jail time for drugs and now is in debt to drug dealer Danny (Ramy Zada). Jason is approached by LA detective Caldwell (Howard Hesseman) to work undercover at one of Danny's clubs to get the goods on Danny. But along comes Danny's girlfriend (Victoria Dillard) who talks Jason into stealing money from Danny. She then takes off with the money, and Danny takes off after Jason. Get the picture? Yes, Caldwell is on the take from Danny.
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The Puppet Masters 1994 R, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
aka: Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters
Director: Stuart Orme
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Richard Belzer, Keith David, Will Patton, Tom Mason, Yaphet Kotto, Dale Dye, Benjamin Mouton
Special effects and Donald Sutherland are the redeeming qualities in this film about scientists protecting Earth from an alien parasite. Based on top sci-fi novelist Robert A. Heinlein's book.
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Rage 1980 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: David Soul, James Whitmore, Yaphet Kotto, Caroline McWilliams, Vic Tayback, Sharon Farrell, Craig T. Nelson, Robert Davi, Darleen Carr, Jonathan Banks
This is an insightful look at therapy provided for rapists and the odds about them repeating their crimes.
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Raid on Entebbe 1977 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Jack Warden, Yaphet Kotto, Dinah Manoff, James Woods, Sylvia Sidney
This film is about the Israeli raid on July 4, 1976, to free Jewish hostages being held in Uganda.
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Report to the Commissioner 1975 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo, Tony King, William Devane, Stephen Elliott, Richard Gere, Vic Tayback, Michael McGuire
An innocent rookie cop, Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty), does not understand the politics at the NYPD and is caught in the middle when his supervisors hide evidence in a murder case. Richard Gere has a small role in his film debut as a pimp, Billy.
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The Running Man 1987 R, 101 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Erland Van Lindth, Marvin J. McIntyre, Dweezil Zappa, Dey Young, Gus Rethwisch, Professor Toru Tanaka, Mick Fleetwood, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Sven-Ole Thorsen
This story takes place in 2017; Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is an innocent convict who is selected to compete in a game show, "The Running Man." His objective: get through the obstacles to safety. As can be imagined, there is plenty of action in this $27 million thriller. The story is from the Stephen King novel.
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The Star Chamber 1983  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Sharon Gless, Yaphet Kotto, James Sikking, Joe Regalbuto, Don Calfa, John DiSanti, DeWayne Jessie, Jack Kehoe
Judges are frustrated with turning criminals free on technicalities and decide to mete out their own punishments without regard for constitutional law. Michael Douglas plays the decent judge who uncovers the diabolical plot. 1 User Review
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| | Sophia 08/30/2009 | | I loved this movie and have watched it over and over. Michael Douglas and the cast were excellent. |
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 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Yaphet Kotto, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Todd Martin, Gordon Pinsent, Ted Gehring, Judy Pace
This film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel is about a sophisticated investment banker, Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen), who plots a bank heist. Insurance investigator Vickie Anderson (Faye Dunaway) is sent to get to the bottom of the affair and realizes how Crown got the money–but she has already fallen in love with him. "The Windmills of your Mind" won an Academy Award for Best Song.
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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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Two If by Sea 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Bennett
Cast: Denis Leary, Sandra Bullock, Yaphet Kotto, Stephen Dillane, Wayne Robson, Mike Starr, Michael Badalucco
Small-time thief Frank (Denis Leary) and his girlfriend, Roz (Sandra Bullock), hide out in a mansion while waiting for his buyer to pick up a stolen Matisse painting. Problems really begin when the wealthy neighbor, Evan (Stephen Dillane), introduces Roz to the posh Rhode Island social scene of which he is a part.
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Warning Sign 1985 R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hal Barwood
Cast: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Dysart, G.W. Bailey, Jerry Hardin, Rick Rossovich, Cynthia Carle, Scott Paulin
When deadly microbes are accidentally spilled at a research lab, the security system activates–locking scientists inside. Now they must fend for themselves.
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Witless Protection 2008 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Robert Carner
Cast: Larry the Cable Guy, Richard Bull, Ivana Milicevic, Will Clinger, Omar Dykes, Reno Collier, Jenny McCarthy, Yaphet Kotto, J. David Moeller, Dan Waller, Sean Bridgers, Gerry Bednob
Larry is a small-town sheriff (Larry the Cable Guy) who believes he has seen a kidnapping and rescues the "victim," Madeleine Dimkowski (Ivana Milicevic) from her kidnappers. But, there is a problem: her "kidnappers" are FBI agents assigned to protect her from villains plotting to kill her. Now, a team of FBI agents, led by Alonzo Mosely (Yaphet Kotto), are on the trail of Larry and Madeleine who are racing to reach Chicago where Larry plans to solve the case by himself.
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| 1. 5 Card Stud (1968)
aka: Five Card Stud
2. Across 110th Street (1972)
3. Alien (1979)
4. Blue Collar (1977)
5. Bone (1972)
aka: Housewife
aka: Beverly Hills Nightmare
6. Brubaker (1980)
7. Eye of the Tiger (1986)
8. Fighting Back (1982)
9. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
aka: A Nightmare on Elm Street 6
10. Friday Foster (1975)
11. Homicide: The Movie (2000)
12. In Self Defense (1987)
13. Live and Let Die (1973)
14. Man and Boy (1972)
15. Midnight Run (1988)
16. The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)
17. Nothing But a Man (1964)
18. Out of Synch (1995)
19. The Park Is Mine (1986)
20. Prime Target (1989)
21. The Puppet Masters (1994)
aka: Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters
22. Rage (1980)
23. Raid on Entebbe (1977)
24. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
25. The Running Man (1987)
26. The Star Chamber (1983)
27. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
28. Truck Turner (1974)
29. Two If by Sea (1996)
30. Warning Sign (1985)
31. Witless Protection (2008)
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