Movies by Louis Gossett Jr.
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Smitty (2012)
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Peter Fonda, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: David M. Evans
Sent to his grandfather's Iowa farm for the summer, 13-year-old troublemaker Ben has a hard time dealing with his new responsibilities -- but a slowly growing bond with a dog named…
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The Lamp (2011)
Cast: Jason London, Louis Gossett Jr., Meredith Salenger …
Directed by: Tracy Trost
After his son's accidental death, a grief-stricken novelist loses all sense of joy in his life and success, and even his marriage. Years later, an old lamp and a mystery spirit offer a…
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
An annual Caribbean retreat turns into a week of life-altering revelations when four couples bust their relationships wide open in filmmaker Tyler Perry's take on modern love, devotion,…
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The Grace Card (2010)
Cast: David G. Evans, Michael Joiner, Mike Higgenbottom …
After his son's death, embittered police officer Mac McDonald loses faith in God and himself, but his new partner, part-time pastor Sam Wright, offers him friendship and sets him on the…
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Dog Jack (2010)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Benjamin Gardner, Frank Kasy …
Directed by: Edward T. McDougal
A slave boy and his dog escape from a plantation and join the Union army in the Civil War. Ultimately, the boy faces his former master on the battlefield and the dog becomes mascot of the…
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The Perfect Game (2009)
Cast: Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Clifton Collins Jr. …
Directed by: William Dear
A seemingly impossible dream of playing baseball for the red, white and blue becomes reality for a group of youngsters from an impoverished Mexican city in this poignant drama based on actual events.
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
Cast: Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, Jeff Clanagan …
Directed by: Robert Townsend, Quincy Newell
Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and other notables illuminate the evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy. Accompanying film clips explore the history of black…
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Buttermilk Sky (2009)
Cast: Michael Madsen, Bella Thorne, Louis Gossett Jr. …
While earning a living as a Wild West show performer, former rodeo rider Ace (Michael Madsen) bonds with an orphan girl named Jennie (Bella Thorne) and soon finds himself playing the role of…
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The Least Among You (2009)
Cast: Cedric Sanders, Lauren Holly, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Mark Young
Black college graduate Richard Kelly (Cedric Sanders) reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of…
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Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (2009)
Cast: Pete Seeger, Louis Gossett Jr., Isaac Hayes …
Directed by: Jon Goodman
From the Civil Rights era to Watergate, the most striking moments in 20th-century American history were accompanied by music that reflected those turbulent times. Revisit the sounds of Pete…
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Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Cast: Idris Elba, Tyler Perry, Gabrielle Union …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
In this drama from Tyler Perry, a powerful attorney falls in love with a janitor who's the single father of three daughters. Trouble comes in the form of his ex-wife, who reappears on…
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Cover (2007)
Cast: Vivica A. Fox, Louis Gossett Jr., Paula Jai Parker …
Directed by: Bill Duke
Valerie Maas (Aunjanue Ellis) is a happy homemaker whose life falls apart when she discovers her husband of 15 years has been leading a double life -- and that his extracurricular activities…
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African Footprint (2007)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Loring
Directed by: Corey Ross
Richard Loring's rousing production celebrates South African dance and music, bringing to life the country's social and musical history through a captivating blend of song, dance,…
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American Breakdown (2007)
Cast: Steve Carell, James Gandolfini, Josh Hartnett …
Directed by: David Brooks, Paul Carafotes, M. Eastling …
This collection of short films -- featuring actors James Gandolfini, Steve Carell and Scott Caan, among others -- focuses on an array of modern characters as they struggle to overcome…
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All In (2006)
Cast: Dominique Swain, Rene Russo, Michael Madsen …
Directed by: Nick Vallelonga
When she was growing up, Alicia Anderson's (Dominique Swain) gambler father (Michael Madsen) taught her the ins and outs of Texas Hold 'Em. Now a driven young med student, Alicia…
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Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Cast: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Franklin, Mos Def …
Directed by: George C. Wolfe
Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson stars in this version of his Obie Award-winning stage drama directed by George C. Wolfe. Rachel "Nanny" Crosby (S. Epatha Merkerson) lives in a house in…
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Left Behind: World at War (2005)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson …
Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
In the wake of a global catastrophe that saw millions of people vanish from Earth, a man named Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) steps forward to provide leadership via his New World…
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Solar Attack (2005)
Cast: Joanne Kelly, Mark Dacascos, Bill Lake …
Directed by: Paul Ziller
A looming danger from outer space threatens to eradicate Earth unless a team of experts can stop it in this explosive sci-fi thriller. After a huge magnetic bubble of plasma erupts from the…
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Jasper, Texas (2003)
Cast: Ron White, Jon Voight, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Jeffrey W. Byrd
In 1998, Jasper, Tex., was the location of the horrific murder of an African-American man named James Byrd Jr. (Roy T. Anderson), who was brutally dragged to his death at the hands of three…
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The River Niger / Get Christie Love / Mean Johnny Barrows / Lady Cocoa (2003)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Fred Williamson …
Celebrate the oft-overlooked blaxploitation genre with this four-film compilation that features an array of influential African American actors, including Billy Dee Williams, Louis Gossett…
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Momentum (2003)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Teri Hatcher, Grayson McCouch …
Directed by: James Seale
In director James Seale's made-for-cable thriller, G-man Raymond Addison (Louis Gossett Jr.) enlists physics professor Zachary Shefford (Grayson McCouch) to infiltrate a group that…
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Deceived (2002)
Cast: Judd Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Deborah Odell …
Directed by: Andre Van Heerden
When an observatory in the Sierra Nevada Mountains recieves a confirmed extraterrestrial signal, computer expert Jack Jones finds himself at the core of a team of journalists trying to relay…
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What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away (2002)
Cast: Keshia Knight Pulliam, Angell Conwell, Monica McSwain …
Directed by: Niva Dorell
Three female friends who've been best buddies since grade school offer each other support during a weekend college scholarship retreat. There, they learn how difficult it can sometimes…
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Brilliant But Cancelled: Crime Dramas (2002)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Judd Hirsch, John Cassavetes …
Directed by: James Hogan, Allen Hughes
Boasting some of the biggest names in movies and television, this compilation showcases episodes from four suspense-packed crime series that, despite critical success, were cancelled by their…
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Terminal Countdown (2001)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Pepin, Ed O'Ross …
On the eve of the new year, the computer system on a top-secret missle silo prepares itself to initiate a nuclear attack. Now, with only 24 hours remaining, a tough CIA officer and his…
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Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000)
Cast: Jonathan Silverman, Louis Gossett Jr., Michael Madsen …
Directed by: Brad Turner
United States Postal Inspectors Alex Urbina (Jonathan Silverman) and Frank Hughes (Louis Gossett Jr.) return in this sequel based on true stories. This time, they have their eyes on a…
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The Highwayman (1999)
Cast: Stephen McHattie, Laura Harris, Jason Priestley …
Directed by: Keoni Waxman
Ziggy Watson's (Laura Harris) dull life has made her antsy for adventure, and the desire to find her father weighs on her mind. So when the jewelry store she works in is robbed by brutal…
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Love Songs (1999)
Cast: Andre Braugher, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Townsend …
Directed by: Andre Braugher, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Townsend …
Everyday people rediscover love in these three loosely interwoven stories. A promising young boxer (Robert Townsend) with money problems gets a chance to make quick cash -- though…
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The Wall That Heals (1997)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was constructed in the U.S. capital to help heal a nation scarred by war. Louis Gossett Jr. hosts this documentary marking the 15th anniversary of the public…
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Bram Stoker's The Mummy (1997)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Amy Locane, Eric Lutes …
Directed by: Jeffrey Obrow
The daughter of a famous Egyptologist (Amy Locane) enlists the help of one of her father's colleague (Louis Gossett Jr.) to bring her dad (Lloyd Bochner) out of a mysterious coma. Yet…
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In His Father's Shoes (1997)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Barbara Eve Harris, Rachael Crawford …
Directed by: Vic Sarin
Clay Crosby (Robert Ri'chard) never got to know his father before he passed away, and this left a hole in him. At age 15, Clay stumbles across a pair of shoes and puts them on, only to…
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Small Steps, Big Strides (1997)
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, James Earl Jones …
Directed by: Velma Cato
Louis Gossett Jr. narrates this fascinating chronicle of African-American achievements and stereotypes in the world of Hollywood cinema, directed by Velma Cato. The documentary's…
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Inside (1996)
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Nigel Hawthorne, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn's drama captures the dangerous climate of South Africa during two distinct periods: just before the end of apartheid and 10 years later. The first half of the film follows…
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Iron Eagle 4: On the Attack (1995)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Blicker, Jason Cadieux …
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Retired Air Force General Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gosset Jr.) starts a flight school for troubled teens in this fourth installment of the Iron Eagle movie series. After making an…
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Zooman (1995)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Cynthia Martells …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso
When his 9-year-old daughter is accidentally killed in the crossfire of a gang shootout, Rueben Tate (Louis Gossett Jr.) pleads with his neighbors who witnessed the crime to identify the…
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High Lonesome (1994)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Joseph Mazzello, James Greene …
Directed by: Jeff Bleckner
A 10-year-old sharecropper's son named Charlie (Joseph Mazzello) is orphaned when his abusive father dies during a fire. But he soon finds comfort from a kindly farmer named Walter…
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Blue Chips (1994)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh …
Directed by: William Friedkin
College basketball coach Pete Bell (Nick Nolte) knows his squad of underdogs can't win without an infusion of fresh talent. After starting a nationwide search for players, Bell promises…
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A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Cast: Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
When British officials discover that there are massive oil reserves within the borders of Ninjana -- a West African country that up until very recently was under colonial rule -- they search…
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Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
Cast: James Woods, Kathy Bates, Randy Quaid …
Directed by: J. Michael McClary
Based on Sam Shepard's Obie-winning play, this gritty drama follows the Tate family, whose patriarch, Weston (James Woods), is an alcoholic Vietnam vet unable to mend his…
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Flashfire (1993)
Cast: Billy Zane, Louis Gossett Jr., Kristin Minter …
Directed by: Elliot Silverstein
When police detective Jack Flinder (Billy Zane) and his partner, Art Cantrell (Tom Mason), investigate a series of suspicious fires, they come too close to the truth. As a result, Cantrell…
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Dangerous Relations (1993)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown
An inmate (Louis Gossett Jr.) with a reputation for maintaining the peace in a maximum-security prison finds his own relative tranquility shattered when he discovers that a new prisoner…
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On the Streets of L.A. (1993)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown
As he approaches the end of a 15-year prison term, an embittered inmate crosses paths with a tough new prisoner and wonders whether he could be the son he left behind years ago. And if so,…
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Carolina Skeletons (1992)
Cast: Bruce Dern, Bill Cobbs, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: John Erman
When he was a boy, James Bragg (Louis Gossett Jr.) witnessed his brother's trial -- and later execution -- for a false double-murder charge. Now a retired Green Beret, Bragg returns home…
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Diggstown (1992)
Cast: James Woods, Heather Graham, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Ex-con Caine and his partner Fitz cook up a plan to take a rich man for all he's worth. The guys try to loop aging boxer Honey Ray Palmer in on the action -- yet, having been duped by…
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Iron Eagle 3: Aces (1992)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Paul Freeman, Rachel McLish …
Directed by: John Glen
Fighter pilot Col. Chappy Sinclair (Louis Gossett Jr.) returns in this latest installment of the popular action film franchise. Recently retired, Chappy, along with two fellow pilots (Sonny…
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The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Craig T. Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Before Madonna, even before Marilyn, there was Josephine Baker (Lynn Whitfield), an African-American entertainer who rose from the crumbs of St. Louis society to become the toast of Paris…
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Toy Soldiers (1991)
Cast: Sean Astin, Louis Gossett Jr., Wil Wheaton …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie Jr.
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its wealthy students hostage. The villain and his group of…
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Sudie and Simpson (1990)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Sara Gilbert, John M. Jackson …
Directed by: Joan Tewkesbury
Sarah Flanigan Carter's autobiographical novel about growing up in World War II-era Georgia is memorably adapted under the direction of Joan Tewkesbury (Old Boyfriends) in this…
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El Diablo (1990)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., M.C. Gainey, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Peter Markle
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a…
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Cover Up (1990)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Lisa Berkely …
Directed by: Manny Coto
Indulge your guilty pleasure cravings with this B-movie thriller starring Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett Jr. Terrorists attack an American base in Israel, and a top-secret package destined…
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Punisher (1989)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbé …
Directed by: Mark Goldblatt
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes to life in this action-adventure thriller. Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb.…
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Iron Eagle II (1988)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin …
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie's 1988 action-thriller stars Louis Gossett Jr. as Gen. Charles Sinclair (aka Chappy), who returns to the battlefield to lead a troupe made up of American and Russian…
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The Principal (1987)
Cast: James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Loose-cannon high school teacher Rick Latimer (James Belushi) is "promoted" to principal of Brandel High -- the toughest school in Berkeley, Calif. But no worries: He speaks loudly and…
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A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
Racial intolerance grows as thick as Spanish moss on a Louisiana bayou tree in this tale adapted from Ernest J. Gaines's novel. After a tenant farmer is killed, black sharecropper Mathu…
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Iron Eagle (1986)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, Larry B. Scott …
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
After his father's F-16 is shot down over the Middle East, heavy metal-loving teenager Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) goes to the government for help rescuing him. When the feds fail to…
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Firewalker (1986)
Cast: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson …
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Max (Chuck Norris) is an ex-marine turned adventure-seeker who certainly has the chops (he happens to be a kick-ass martial artist). Accompanied by his pal (Louis Gossett Jr.) and the rich…
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Enemy Mine (1985)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James …
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Earthling Davidge (Dennis Quaid) is one of many space warriors facing a brutal battle against the reptilian Draconians, among them the soldier Jeriba (Louis Gossett Jr.). But when the…
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Jaws 3 (1983)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale …
Directed by: Joe Alves
When a baby great white shark accidentally finds its way into a Florida theme park, the manager (Louis Gossett Jr.) decides to keep it as the centerpiece for a new exhibit. But he didn't…
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Dreams of being a Navy pilot prompt Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) to enroll in officer training school, where he runs afoul of a drill instructor (Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr.) who senses the…
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The Deep (1977)
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Dick Anthony Williams …
Directed by: Peter Yates
While diving off Bermuda, two vacationers stumble upon a mysterious glass vial and later learn the ampoule belongs to a World War II morphine shipment lost at sea ... and thus begins an…
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Broadway Theatre Archive: Freeman (1977)
Cast: Dick Anthony Williams, Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Ward …
Directed by: Lloyd Richards
In Phillip Hayes Dean's stage drama, optimistic Freeman Aquila (Dick Anthony Williams), the married 32-year-old black son of a foundry worker and nurse, sets his sights dangerously high…
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Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
Cast: Carolyn Jones, David Soul, Linda Purl …
Directed by: Marvin J. Chomsky
Marvin J. Chomsky directs this drama about a young girl (Linda Purl) who escapes her oppressive mother only to wind up on the lonely streets of Hollywood. Broke and with nowhere to turn for…
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The Choirboys (1977)
Cast: Robert Aldrich, Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Burned-out from the crushing stress of patrolling the rough streets of Los Angeles, a group of LAPD cops blows off steam at nightly "choir practices" -- parties fueled by practical jokes,…
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J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
Cast: Glynn Turman, Joan Pringle, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Arthur Marks
Ike (Glynn Turman) takes part in a hypnotist's nightclub act one night but gets more than he bargained for when he's possessed by the spirit of a vengeful 1940s mobster named J.D.…
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The White Dawn (1974)
Cast: Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Separated from their Arctic hunting party, three men (Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms and Louis Gossett Jr.) are saved from the bitter cold by Inuit natives. It's not long before they…
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The Laughing Policeman (1974)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
A serial killer pursues innocent bus riders in the city of San Francisco, and his spree culminates in the brazen murder of an entire busload of people. The horrific incident gets the…
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It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
Cast: Paul Winfield, Louis Gossett Jr., Ruby Dee …
Directed by: Michael Landon
After baseball star Roy Campanella (Paul Winfield) survives a near-fatal car accident in 1958, he's paralyzed for the rest of his life. Angry and bitter about his condition, Roy's…
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Skin Game (1971)
Cast: James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark …
Directed by: Paul Bogart
In this comedy, white con man Quincy Drew rides the Old West making coin by selling his "slave" Jason (in fact a free black man and fellow flim-flam artist), then springing him so the pair…
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The Landlord (1970)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby makes his directorial debut with this acclaimed social satire starring Beau Bridges as the wealthy but naïve Elgar Enders, who buys a Brooklyn tenement, plans to evict the African…
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Leo the Last (1970)
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Billie Whitelaw, Calvin Lockhart …
Directed by: John Boorman
World-weary Prince Leo (Marcello Mastroianni), heir to the throne of a nameless European country, retires to his father's English town house only to discover that the once-posh area has…
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee shine in this film version of Lorraine Hansberry's play about an inner-city black family. Poitier plays Walter Lee Younger, a chauffeur with a wife (Dee) and…
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Love Songs (1999)
Cast: Andre Braugher, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Townsend …
Directed by: Andre Braugher, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Townsend …
Everyday people rediscover love in these three loosely interwoven stories. A promising young boxer (Robert Townsend) with money problems gets a chance to make quick cash -- though…