Bill Cobbs
William Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor. He was known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He played Lewis Coleman on I'll Fly Away (1991–1993), Jack on The Michael Richards Show (2000), and had guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger and The Sopranos. In 2020, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for the series Dino Dana.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.6196 |
| Birthday | 1934-06-16 |
| Place of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Also Known As | William Francisco Cobbs, William Cobbs, بیل کابز, بیل کوبز, بیل کوبس, |
1992
The Bodyguard
6.704/3221
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bod...
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The Bodyguard
2006
Night at the Museum
6.599/10908
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o...
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Night at the Museum
2002
Enough
6.651/1233
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of thei...
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Enough
1998
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
5.379/1715
Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her. When her best friend Karla wins free tickets t...
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1991
New Jack City
6.678/590
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New Jack City
1997
Air Bud
5.575/509
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Air Bud
1988
Bird
6.839/350
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict bu...
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Bird
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
7.07/1178
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
1986
The Color of Money
6.852/1509
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and propo...
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The Color of Money
1996
Ed
4.141/135
Jack Cooper could be a world-class baseball pitcher if he didn't keep buckling under the pressure. He tries to keep his spirits up after he's traded t...
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Ed
1998
Hope Floats
6.425/499
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Hope Floats
1993
Demolition Man
6.753/4071
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a res...
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Demolition Man
1998
Always Outnumbered
6.393/28
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Always Outnumbered
2006
Hard Luck
5.557/79
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Hard Luck
1991
The People Under the Stairs
6.562/746
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret crea...
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The People Under the Stairs
1998
Paulie
6.933/524
Paulie, a talking parrot, recounts his travels looking for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.
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Paulie
2008
The Morgue
4.7/34
A supernatural killer terrorizes a group of people in an eerie morgue.
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The Morgue
1977
Greased Lightning
6.4/45
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
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Greased Lightning
2010
Get Low
6.733/333
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Get Low
2005
The Final Patient
7.1/5
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The Final Patient
2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
5.933/6776
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wiza...
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Oz the Great and Powerful
2022
Caroltyn
2.7/3
When a mysterious illness targets several children in the small town of Caroltyn, young single mom Kofi is forced to confront the past and the heartbr...
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Caroltyn
2005
The Derby Stallion
5.963/41
An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his...
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The Derby Stallion
2011
The Tenant
3.5/11
A simple man, Dr. Walter Newman has high aspirations to cure all disease through genetic manipulation. His obsession with his mission draws him deeper...
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The Tenant
2010
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
6/2
No Limit Kids centers on a group of young teens that band together to save their town's landmark, the old abandoned theater. With a story that focuses...
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No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
6.459/427
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1990
Moe's World
9/1
The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the working-class neighborhood he left behind.
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Moe's World
1990
Decoration Day
6.9/10
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in tro...
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Decoration Day
2012
Lukewarm
5/4
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
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Lukewarm
1991
Carolina Skeletons
7.167/9
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of...
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Carolina Skeletons
1979
The Hitter
4.111/9
An ex-professional boxer gets a new start when teaming up with an ageing hoodlum and an ex-call girl.
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The Hitter
2013
The Ultimate Life
6.9/92
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The Ultimate Life
1995
Captiva Island
7/1
While vacationing on Captiva Island, Florida with his parents, a teen, gloomy about his future, finds love and friendship when he meats a cute girl an...
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Captiva Island
2015
A House Is Not a Home
1.7/3
Ben (Webb) and Linda Williams move the family into a dream home in a last ditch effort to save their troubled marriage. Despite their good intentions,...
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A House Is Not a Home
1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
6.5/4
Tuesday Morning Ride is based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy" by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Set in the 1930s, the story depicts...
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Tuesday Morning Ride
2022
Block Party
6.1/5
Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers t...
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Block Party
1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
6.667/6
A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1993
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
8.5/2
Lilly Taylor returns to her hometown for the first time in thirty years, where she remembers the dramatic events that led to her leaving, and learns w...
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I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
6.222/6200
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on...
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
1991
The Hard Way
6.161/471
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New Yo...
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The Hard Way
2007
Three Days to Vegas
3.875/8
Four grumpy old men go on a road trip from their retired life in Florida to the excitement of Las Vegas in order to stop one of their daughters from m...
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Three Days to Vegas
1995
Divas
9.5/2
Members of an all-female black singing group learn about the industry and themselves in their rise to success.
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Divas
2013
Dear Secret Santa
6/28
Beverly Hills banker/workaholic Jennifer comes home to her small Northern California town just before Christmas when her dad, Ted, takes a bad fall wh...
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Dear Secret Santa
1995
Man with a Gun
4.625/16
Madsen plays an assassin who's hired to kill the woman he loves.
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Man with a Gun
1996
Nightjohn
5.778/9
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learn...
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Nightjohn
2011
The Muppets
6.673/1675
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Wal...
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The Muppets
1996
That Thing You Do!
6.873/914
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the sce...
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That Thing You Do!
1996
First Kid
5.691/199
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constan...
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First Kid
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
7.449/620
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1992
Roadside Prophets
5.537/27
On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson. Joined by wannabe biker Sam, Joe journeys from L...
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Roadside Prophets
1984
The Brother from Another Planet
6.658/95
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
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The Brother from Another Planet
1977
Greased Lightning
6.4/45
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
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Greased Lightning
2006
Special Ed
8/2
Dr. David Edwards is a cancer specialist, and his life is his work. His only friend is Lou Rosen, 73. Lou is also David's patient, but at his age, cha...
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Special Ed
1995
Fluke
7.085/277
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son t...
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Fluke
2005
Duck
7.222/9
An aging widower and a duck encounter helpful and hostile characters as they search for a place and a reason to live.
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Duck
1982
The Member of the Wedding
5/1
12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams dreams of going away with her brother and his bride-to-be on their upcoming honeymoon. [Taped live in performance at...
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The Member of the Wedding
2016
Call Me King
5/10
In the international world of gun running... loyalty, honor and discretion are valuable commodities, but nothing is more priceless than the bond of fa...
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Call Me King
1999
Random Hearts
5.575/418
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possession...
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Random Hearts
2000
For All Time
6.382/17
A man facing middle-age and a failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end of the nineteenth century.
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For All Time
2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins
6.58/249
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
2010
The Search for Santa Paws
6.3/227
When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost the spirit of the season, they take a trip to New Yo...
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The Search for Santa Paws
2015
The Ultimate Legacy
5.6/21
A self-absorbed young man is challenged to grow a conscience and change his ways in order to receive an inheritance.
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The Ultimate Legacy
2003
A Mighty Wind
6.795/268
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion co...
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A Mighty Wind
2014
Christmas in Palm Springs
5/16
Jessica has a big presentation in Palm Springs. There are a couple of problems though: her two kids who will do anything to get mom and dad back toget...
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Christmas in Palm Springs
2014
On Angel's Wings
0/0
When the Angel's Soccer team's top player is injured, the Coach decides to play water girl McKenzie Adams. Things don't go precisely according to plan...
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On Angel's Wings
1995
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
6/3
Orphaned after her parents are killed in an accident, Goldilocks is sent to live with her Uncle Hal in the country. Meanwhile, Uncle Hal, an eco-frien...
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
2006
Queen of Swing
0/0
QUEEN OF SWING recounts the true story of a Jazz Age trailblazer — 95-year-old entertainer Norma Miller. The engaging biography highlights the life, c...
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Queen of Swing
2016
New Life
6.6/42
Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocen...
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New Life
2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
0/0
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it wo...
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
1989
The January Man
4.976/169
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A we...
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The January Man
1992
Exiled in America
5.5/2
A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is...
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Exiled in America
2017
My Christmas Grandpa
3.4/5
The cashier at a small market is a grouchy man who never has a smile for anyone; but when a little girl asks for a Grandpa for Christmas and chooses h...
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My Christmas Grandpa
1993
Fatal Instinct
5.5/163
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an ass...
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Fatal Instinct
2002
Sunshine State
6.384/43
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estat...
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Sunshine State
1987
Suspect
6.591/248
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and...
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Suspect
1987
Five Corners
5.881/67
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who pr...
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Five Corners
1988
Dominick and Eugene
6.885/48
Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage...
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Dominick and Eugene
2011
The Arcadian
0/0
The Arcadian follows "The Lighthouse Keeper" on a story of revenge and redemption in a strange future world reminiscent of wild 1970s pop. The visual...
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The Arcadian
1995
Out There
4.944/18
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he...
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Out There
1984
The Cotton Club
6.52/434
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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The Cotton Club
2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
9/1
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2019
Beyond the Law
5.2/102
When a former detective learns of the murder of his estranged son, he ventures back to the darkened streets he once knew so well. Armed, dangerous and...
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Beyond the Law
1983
Trading Places
7.227/3635
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Trading Places
2014
Of Mind and Music
5.7/12
Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una...
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Of Mind and Music
1983
Silkwood
6.939/347
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a leth...
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Silkwood
2013
The Last Letter
3.5/11
Catharine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to cope when their new born son lay in the wake.
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The Last Letter
2007
The Ultimate Gift
7.613/498
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable i...
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The Ultimate Gift
2008
This Man's Life
2/1
A magical tale about a man traveling home to claim his estranged father's inheritance when he encounters a peculiar stranger that seems to know everyt...
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This Man's Life
2001
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
7/8
When Aunt T. visits the Carmichaels to celebrate Kwanzaa, she tells Susie the holiday is a time to honor the legacy of our great people.
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A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2012
The Undershepherd
2/2
Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon.
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The Undershepherd
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
6.613/163
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights...
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Ghosts of Mississippi
2021
Saving Paradise
6/19
A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which...
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Saving Paradise
2020
Dino Dana: The Movie
7.2/34
Finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, solving dino experiment #901 - where are all the kid dinosaurs? But while working on the...
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Dino Dana: The Movie
1975
A Boy and a Boa
0/0
A story of a young boy and his pet boa. The boa gets loose in a library and gives the viewer a snake’s-eye view of the facilities. We also learn about...
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A Boy and a Boa
1986
Johnny Bull
5.5/2
An English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the late 1950's. She faces the ire of her new mother-in-l...
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Johnny Bull
1985
Compromising Positions
5.333/18
An ex-newspaper woman, who is now a suburban housewife, can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who...
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Compromising Positions
1986
Streets of Gold
5.375/12
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Je...
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Streets of Gold
2025
Broken Church
7/3
Rev. James Logan and his wife Beverly Logan were forced into a vicious spiritual warfare against the work of preternatural evil forces that almost bro...
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Broken Church
1996
Thrill
5.25/4
A disgruntled worker rigs a bomb, triggered by a motion sensor, on the roller coaster at a financially troubled amusement park.
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Thrill
2018
As Evil Does
0/0
When a door-to-door Evangelist unknowingly enters the home of an atheist, their deepest fears are confronted and all hell breaks loose.
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