Movies by Scatman Crothers
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New Orleans Jazz (2004)
Cast: Al Hirt, Bob Crosby, Judy Carmichael …
If you can't get yourself to a club in New Orleans's French Quarter, you can bring the Big Easy into your living room with this Al Hirt-hosted collection of performances that convey…
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Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Cast: Robert Stack, Frank Welker, Scatman Crothers …
Directed by: Nelson Shin
The Autobots, those shape-shifting Saturday-morning superheroes, make their way to the big screen to defend the universe against the evil Decepticons in this full-length animated feature…
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The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
Cast: Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise …
Directed by: Jeremy Paul Kagan, Jeremy Kagan
Set during the Great Depression, this inspirational story chronicles a young girl's journey to find her father and her never-waning faith that they'll be reunited. Meredith…
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Transformers (1984)
Cast: Chris Latta, Corey Burton, John Stephenson …
This classic animated series chronicles the ongoing war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, giant, intelligent robots that can transform into vehicles. With Earth as the…
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Two of a Kind (1983)
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Beatrice Straight …
Directed by: John Herzfeld
An all-forgiving, beneficent God ain't nowhere in sight in this movie that has the deity planning to unleash Armageddon very soon. Why? Because He's fed up with mankind's…
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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers …
Directed by: George Miller, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg …
In this homage to Rod Serling's hit TV series, a bigot (Vic Morrow) experiences prejudice; a man (Scatman Crothers) helps the elderly regain their youth; a woman (Kathleen Quinlan)…
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Working (1982)
Cast: Barry Bostwick, Eileen Brennan, Scatman Crothers …
Inspired by the best-selling book by Studs Terkel, this musical from producer Stephen Schwartz celebrates the voices of the average worker from the perspective of the faceless men and women…
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Zapped! (1982)
Cast: Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Felice Schachter …
Directed by: Robert J. Rosenthal
When a lab explosion gives nerdy whiz kid Barney (Scott Baio) telekinetic powers, high school suddenly becomes fun; Barney can conquer bullies, win at roulette and make girls' skirts fly…
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The Shining (1980)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
On the wagon and out of lucrative work thanks to his alcoholism and family troubles, aspiring novelist Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accepts a position as the off-season custodian at an…
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Bronco Billy (1980)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
A ragtag troupe of misfits led by Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood) perform their hearts out as members of a fly-by-night Wild West show. Billy inspires his entertainers, including Doc Lynch…
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O.C. Smith: How Sweet It Is (1980)
Cast: O.C. Smith, Scatman Crothers, Judy Carmichael …
O.C. Smith -- whose hits include "Little Green Apples," "Daddy's Little Man" and "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" -- delivers his trademark blend of jazz and rhythm-and-blues in…
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Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics: Vol. 1 (1977)
Cast: Don Messick, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc …
Dozens of Hanna-Barbera characters compete in their very own Olympics, featuring both classic events and quirky contests including races on kangaroos, unicycles, rickshaws, camels and…
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Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics: Vol. 2 (1977)
Cast: Don Messick, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc …
Beloved comic canine Scooby Doo heads one of three teams in these wacky Olympics-style games held in famous foreign spots along with American locales. In each event, the Scooby Doobies go up…
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Stay Hungry (1976)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Rich boy Craig Blake (Jeff Bridges) has set his sights on a piece of prime real estate and tries to wangle it away from its owner. To ice the deal, Craig poses as a member of a bodybuilder…
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield …
Directed by: Milos Forman
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian…
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Friday Foster (1975)
Cast: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge …
Directed by: Arthur Marks
Assigned to snap pictures of the reclusive Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala) -- America's wealthiest black man -- photographer Friday Foster (Pam Grier) turns into a two-fisted avenger when…
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Coonskin (1975)
Cast: Barry White, Scatman Crothers, Philip Michael Thomas …
Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
Using a combination of animation and stylized live action, controversial director Ralph Bakshi follows two convicts passing the time with tales of Br'er Rabbit, who travels to Harlem…
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Truck Turner (1974)
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Scatman Crothers, Paul Harris …
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Truck (Isaac Hayes), an ex-football star working as a bounty hunter, is on the trail of a violent pimp named Gator (Paul Harris). But when Truck and his partner finally get their man,…
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Sty of the Blind Pig (1974)
Cast: Mary Alice, Maidie Norman, Richard Ward …
After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members of an African American family led by steely matriarch Weedy Warren (Maidie Norman) have…
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Chico and the Man: TV Favorites (1974)
Cast: Jack Albertson, Freddie Prinze, Scatman Crothers …
Directed by: James Komack, Jack Donohue, Peter Baldwin …
This 1970s comedy broke new ground in network television by featuring a Hispanic actor -- Freddie Prinze -- in the lead (a role that made him a star). The show follows the ups and downs of…
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Black Belt Jones (1974)
Cast: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers …
Directed by: Robert Clouse
While pressuring Pop Byrd (Scatman Crothers) into selling his downtown karate studio, a group of Mafia goons accidentally kills him, sending his martial arts expert daughter (Gloria Hendry)…
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Detroit 9000 (1973)
Cast: Hari Rhodes, Alex Rocco, Ella Edwards …
Directed by: Arthur Marks
An interracial pair of cops investigating a jewel heist uncovers more than they bargained for as they navigate an urban underworld of call girls and corrupt politicians in this blaxploitation…
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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Uptight deejay David Staebler (Jack Nicholson) travels to Atlantic City, N.J., to learn more about an outlandish, get-rich-quick scheme cooked up by his manic brother, Jason (Bruce Dern).…
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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor …
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Diana Ross stars as legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in this poignant biopic chronicling Lady Day's hard-knock beginnings, her remarkable musical career and the personal demons that…
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Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (1972)
Cast: Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Nicole Jaffe …
In yet another hilarious caper, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and, of course, Scooby-Doo team up with the talented Harlem Globetrotters to solve a haunting that, apparently, involves the ghosts…
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The Aristocats (1970)
Cast: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway …
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess (voiced by Eva Gabor) and her children -- Bonfamille's prize family of domesticated house cats -- the butler plots to steal…
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Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford …
Directed by: Gene Kelly
Composer Jerry Herman's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical was adapted for the big screen in an outsize production featuring Barbra Streisand as matchmaker Dolly Levi, a role originated…
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The Patsy (1964)
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane …
Directed by: Jerry Lewis
After a star dies unexpectedly, the dead man's managers decide to manufacture a new cash cow. Clumsy bellboy Stanley Belt is trained as a singer and, despite his spastic behavior,…
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Lady in a Cage (1964)
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Jennifer Billingsley …
Directed by: Walter Grauman
Affluent widow Mrs. Hilyard (Olivia de Havilland) gets trapped inside her home elevator after her power goes out on a sizzling summer day. Her continued shouts and pressing of an alarm button…
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Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Cast: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent Ashe, Rickie Sorensen …
Directed by: Charles F. Haas, Sandy Howard
Gordon Scott stars as the legendary Tarzan in this classic 1950s adventure film cobbled together from unsold television pilots. When Tarzan swings in to stop a group of poachers who have been…
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Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Cast: Robert Wagner, Broderick Crawford, Terry Moore …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
A must-see war film with magnificent battle scenes. Rich, arrogant plantation owner Sam Gifford (Robert Wagner) has always treated those of lesser means with disdain and contempt. But when…