Beah Richards

Beah Richards

Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress and writer. Richards was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her supporting role in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1968, as well as winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest roles in the television series Frank's Place in 1988 and The Practice in 2000. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the 1965 production of The Amen Corner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beah Richards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Beah Richards
  • Popularity: 10.759
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-07-12
  • Place of Birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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  • Also Known As: Beulah Elizabeth Richardson
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Beah Richards Movies

  • 1967
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    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    7.558 1967 HD

    A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

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  • 1967
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    In the Heat of the Night
    In the Heat of the Night

    7.626 1967 HD

    African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny...

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  • 1975
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    Mahogany
    Mahogany

    5.9 1975 HD

    An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her...

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  • 1972
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    Footsteps
    Footsteps

    1 1972 HD

    A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the...

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  • 1991
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    One Special Victory
    One Special Victory

    1 1991 HD

    A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain charge. He is sentenced to community service. He...

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  • 1990
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    Zora is My Name!
    Zora is My Name!

    1 1990 HD

    A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written...

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  • 1989
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    Homer and Eddie
    Homer and Eddie

    5.6 1989 HD

    A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

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  • 1998
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    Beloved
    Beloved

    5.7 1998 HD

    After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of...

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  • 1987
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    Inside Out
    Inside Out

    6.3 1987 HD

    An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and financial problems.

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  • 1979
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    Banjo the Woodpile Cat
    Banjo the Woodpile Cat

    6.3 1979 HD

    Banjo is a curious and rebellious kitten who is always getting into trouble. When he decides to jump off a roof of a chicken coup to see if he can...

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  • 1973
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    Outrage
    Outrage

    6.1 1973 HD

    One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.

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  • 1987
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    Big Shots
    Big Shots

    6.3 1987 HD

    Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a...

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  • 1967
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    Hurry Sundown
    Hurry Sundown

    6.5 1967 HD

    Post-WWII, a corporation seeks Georgia farmland, but two owners—a white veteran and a black man—refuse to sell, forming an alliance...

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  • 1985
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    Generation
    Generation

    4.5 1985 HD

    Futuristic prospective series pilot, a distant cousin the 1975 theatrical violent sport movie "Rollerball," revolves around a turn-of-the-millennium...

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  • 1959
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    Take a Giant Step
    Take a Giant Step

    5.2 1959 HD

    This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a...

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  • 1963
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    Gone Are the Days!
    Gone Are the Days!

    6.7 1963 HD

    A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of...

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  • 1994
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    Out of Darkness
    Out of Darkness

    7.5 1994 HD

    Diana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.

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  • 1986
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    As Summers Die
    As Summers Die

    6.2 1986 HD

    Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being...

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  • 1970
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    The Great White Hope
    The Great White Hope

    6 1970 HD

    A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

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  • 1986
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    Acceptable Risks
    Acceptable Risks

    5 1986 HD

    The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious...

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  • 1962
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    The Miracle Worker
    The Miracle Worker

    7.8 1962 HD

    The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard...

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  • 1980
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    A Christmas Without Snow
    A Christmas Without Snow

    6.1 1980 HD

    A divorced woman (Michael Learned) moves to San Francisco from Omaha with her young son. She's trying to re-build her life after her divorce, she...

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  • 2004
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    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    1 2004 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    The Biscuit Eater
    The Biscuit Eater

    6.2 1972 HD

    Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all...

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  • 1989
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    Drugstore Cowboy
    Drugstore Cowboy

    7.1 1989 HD

    Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine,...

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  • 1973
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    A Dream for Christmas
    A Dream for Christmas

    6 1973 HD

    A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for...

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  • 1985
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    And the Children Shall Lead
    And the Children Shall Lead

    10 1985 HD

    Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease...

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  • 1978
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    Ring of Passion
    Ring of Passion

    7 1978 HD

    Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies...

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  • 1976
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    Just an Old Sweet Song
    Just an Old Sweet Song

    1 1976 HD

    Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South....

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  • 1958
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    The Mugger
    The Mugger

    5.6 1958 HD

    A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.

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  • 1982
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    St. Elsewhere
    St. Elsewhere

    5.4 1982 HD

    St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote
    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1993
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    The John Larroquette Show
    The John Larroquette Show

    6.643 1993 HD

    The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night...

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  • 1986
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    Designing Women
    Designing Women

    6.7 1986 HD

    Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates....

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  • 1986
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    L.A. Law
    L.A. Law

    7.03 1986 HD

    L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven...

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  • 1979
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    The Facts of Life
    The Facts of Life

    7 1979 HD

    The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest...

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  • 1986
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    Matlock
    Matlock

    7.2 1986 HD

    Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O
    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1985
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    227
    227

    6.757 1985 HD

    A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her...

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  • 1987
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    Beauty and the Beast
    Beauty and the Beast

    7.456 1987 HD

    Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a...

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  • 1987
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    Frank's Place
    Frank's Place

    5.6 1987 HD

    Frank's Place is an American comedy-drama series which aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the 1987-1988 television season. The series was created by...

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  • 1984
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    Highway to Heaven
    Highway to Heaven

    7.4 1984 HD

    A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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  • 1969
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    Room 222
    Room 222

    5.656 1969 HD

    Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from...

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  • 1992
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    Hearts Afire
    Hearts Afire

    8 1992 HD

    Frustrations and sparks fly in Washington, D.C. when a strict conservative hires a free spirited journalist as his boss's press secretary. Their...

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  • 1984
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    Punky Brewster
    Punky Brewster

    7.3 1984 HD

    An abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her guardian in this family-friendly sitcom.

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  • 1972
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    Sanford and Son
    Sanford and Son

    7.5 1972 HD

    The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues
    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1969
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    The Bill Cosby Show
    The Bill Cosby Show

    5.036 1969 HD

    The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the...

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  • 1989
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    Family Matters
    Family Matters

    6.7 1989 HD

    A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor,...

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  • 1997
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    The Practice
    The Practice

    7.7 1997 HD

    A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its...

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  • 1967
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    Ironside
    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

    When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to...

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  • 1994
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    ER
    ER

    7.815 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 1978
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    Vega$
    Vega$

    7 1978 HD

    Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was...

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  • 1983
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    The Hitchhiker
    The Hitchhiker

    6.1 1983 HD

    A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody...

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  • 1965
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    The Big Valley
    The Big Valley

    6 1965 HD

    The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck,...

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  • 1979
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    Roots: The Next Generations
    Roots: The Next Generations

    7.3 1979 HD

    Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family...

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  • 1980
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    Palmerstown, U.S.A.
    Palmerstown, U.S.A.

    5.5 1980 HD

    Palmerstown, U.S.A. is a drama series. It centers on the lives of two 9-year-old best friends, one black and one white, growing up in a small...

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  • 1961
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    Dr. Kildare
    Dr. Kildare

    5.4 1961 HD

    The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the...

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  • 1973
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    The Magician
    The Magician

    6.7 1973 HD

    The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony"...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote
    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1984
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    Hunter
    Hunter

    7.2 1984 HD

    Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt....

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  • 1987
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    CBS Summer Playhouse
    CBS Summer Playhouse

    6 1987 HD

    CBS anthology series airing unsold television pilots during the summer season.

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  • 1981
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    The Sophisticated Gents
    The Sophisticated Gents

    7 1981 HD

    The 25-year reunion of members of a black athletic-social club brings together nine of its members for the first time to honor their old coach but is...

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  • 1990
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    Capital News
    Capital News

    6 1990 HD

    Capital News is a short-lived American drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. Starring Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater, Capital News was created by...

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