Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 16, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor known for numerous film roles, as well as starring in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-99) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. His films include the science-fiction and horror film Alien (1979), and the Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction and action film The Running Man (1987). He portrayed the main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973). He appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy thriller Midnight Run (1988) as FBI Agent Alonzo Mosley.

  • Title: Yaphet Kotto
  • Popularity: 8.222
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1939-11-16
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.A
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  • Also Known As: Yaphet Frederick Kotto, 耶佛·哥圖
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Yaphet Kotto Movies

  • 1973
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    Live and Let Die

    Live and Let Die

    6.5 1973 HD

    James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr....

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  • 1987
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    The Running Man

    The Running Man

    6.5 1987 HD

    By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government...

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  • 1968
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    The Thomas Crown Affair

    The Thomas Crown Affair

    6.806 1968 HD

    Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job....

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  • 1980
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    Brubaker

    Brubaker

    7.057 1980 HD

    The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

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  • 1968
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    5 Card Stud

    5 Card Stud

    6.2 1968 HD

    The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.

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  • 2000
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    Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

    6.9 2000 HD

    Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present,...

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  • 1991
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    Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

    Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

    5.308 1991 HD

    Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist...

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  • 1974
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    Truck Turner

    Truck Turner

    6.5 1974 HD

    Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

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  • 1972
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    Across 110th Street

    Across 110th Street

    6.8 1972 HD

    In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are...

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  • 1976
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    Raid on Entebbe

    Raid on Entebbe

    6 1976 HD

    Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane...

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  • 1994
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    The Puppet Masters

    The Puppet Masters

    5.7 1994 HD

    The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA 'slugs'—that ride on people's backs and control their minds.

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  • 1988
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    Midnight Run

    Midnight Run

    7.2 1988 HD

    A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the...

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  • 1972
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    Bone

    Bone

    5.8 1972 HD

    A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as...

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  • 1983
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    The Star Chamber

    The Star Chamber

    6 1983 HD

    As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle...

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  • 1985
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    Warning Sign

    Warning Sign

    6 1985 HD

    An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.

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  • 1986
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    Eye of the Tiger

    Eye of the Tiger

    6 1986 HD

    Buck is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the...

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  • 1988
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    Terminal Entry

    Terminal Entry

    4 1988 HD

    The USA is attacked by a large group of well organized terrorists who communicate through a computer network via satellite. A bunch of highschool...

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  • 1975
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    Report to the Commissioner

    Report to the Commissioner

    6.8 1975 HD

    Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is...

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  • 1978
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    Blue Collar

    Blue Collar

    7.4 1978 HD

    Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly...

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  • 2008
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    Witless Protection

    Witless Protection

    4.5 2008 HD

    When a small-town sheriff witnesses what he believes to be an attempted kidnapping, his effort to save the beautiful damsel in distress sets him down...

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  • 2002
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    BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

    6 2002 HD

    With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...

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  • 1996
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    Two If by Sea

    Two If by Sea

    4.9 1996 HD

    Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which...

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  • 1986
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    The Park Is Mine

    The Park Is Mine

    5.5 1986 HD

    A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.

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  • 1989
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    Tripwire

    Tripwire

    4 1989 HD

    A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military...

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  • 1976
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    The Monkey Hustle

    The Monkey Hustle

    6.2 1976 HD

    A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.

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  • 1975
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    Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

    5.9 1975 HD

    Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in...

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  • 1964
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    Nothing But a Man

    Nothing But a Man

    7.4 1964 HD

    A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

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  • 1976
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    Drum

    Drum

    5.2 1976 HD

    A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

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  • 1970
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    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    5.7 1970 HD

    A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's...

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  • 1993
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    Extreme Justice

    Extreme Justice

    4.7 1993 HD

    Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to...

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  • 1982
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    Fighting Back

    Fighting Back

    5.6 1982 HD

    An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.

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  • 1971
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    Man and Boy

    Man and Boy

    6 1971 HD

    At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.

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  • 1989
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    Ministry of Vengeance

    Ministry of Vengeance

    3 1989 HD

    David Miller is a Vietnam vet who renounced violence and became a minister after he was forced to blow up a Viet Cong kid in self defense, but years...

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  • 1987
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    In Self Defense

    In Self Defense

    5.3 1987 HD

    A witness is terrorized by the killer against whom she testified.

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  • 1997
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    The Defenders: Payback

    The Defenders: Payback

    3.5 1997 HD

    Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of...

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  • 2001
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    Stiletto Dance

    Stiletto Dance

    5.1 2001 HD

    Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.

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  • 1992
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    Chrome Soldiers

    Chrome Soldiers

    4.7 1992 HD

    Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.

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  • 1987
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    Pretty Kill

    Pretty Kill

    1.8 1987 HD

    A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental...

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  • 1985
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    Badge of the Assassin

    Badge of the Assassin

    5.3 1985 HD

    Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police...

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  • 1993
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    It's Nothing Personal

    It's Nothing Personal

    1 1993 HD

    An embittered ex-cop, on a quest for justice, teams up with a hard-boiled bounty hunter to go after the suspected killer of her brother in a robbery.

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  • 1995
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    Out-of-Sync

    Out-of-Sync

    4 1995 HD

    A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.

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  • 1989
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    A Whisper to a Scream

    A Whisper to a Scream

    2.7 1989 HD

    A young girl who was frustrated in her desire to become an actress starts to work for a telephone-sex company. There she meets a fascinating man who...

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  • 1991
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    Hangfire

    Hangfire

    4.2 1991 HD

    When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a...

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  • 1992
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    Intent to Kill

    Intent to Kill

    4.2 1992 HD

    A young policewoman relentlessly tries to bring down a ruthless drug kingpin whom plots his own agenda for his drug distribution empire.

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  • 1973
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    Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

    Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

    6 1973 HD

    Original 1973 short promotional documentary on the making of the 8th James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973).

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  • 1976
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    Crunch

    Crunch

    1 1976 HD

    Detective goes after drug-dealers in Manhattan.

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  • 1987
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    Desperado

    Desperado

    3.8 1987 HD

    Duell McCall finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud in a small mining town. Framed for the murder of Sheriff John Whaley, McCall is forced to...

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  • 1989
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    The Jigsaw Murders

    The Jigsaw Murders

    4.6 1989 HD

    A jigsaw puzzle is the key in a detective's investigation of a gruesome murder.

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  • 2002
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    Best Ever Bond

    Best Ever Bond

    5 2002 HD

    Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

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  • 1990
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    After the Shock

    After the Shock

    5.8 1990 HD

    On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave...

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  • 1972
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    The Limit

    The Limit

    1 1972 HD

    In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff...

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  • 1979
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    Alien

    Alien

    8.159 1979 HD

    During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the...

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  • 1970
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    Night Chase

    Night Chase

    5.5 1970 HD

    A man fleeing the scene after shooting his wife's lover forms an unexpected relationship with the tough cab driver he hires to drive him to the...

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  • 1986
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    Harem

    Harem

    4.8 1986 HD

    A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly...

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  • 1989
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    Prime Target

    Prime Target

    5.2 1989 HD

    A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow...

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  • 1975
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    Sharks' Treasure

    Sharks' Treasure

    4.6 1975 HD

    Eccentric charter skipper Jim Carnahan and his team of hard-luck dreamers battle sharks, bandits and their own greed to recover sunken treasure

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  • 1985
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    Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire

    6 1985 HD

    Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.

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  • 1983
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    Women of San Quentin

    Women of San Quentin

    1 1983 HD

    A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.

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  • 1994
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    The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

    The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

    6 1994 HD

    The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna Buchanan, a Miami's criminal journalist.

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  • 1995
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    Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

    Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

    5 1995 HD

    Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the...

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  • 2018
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    King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

    King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

    6.6 2018 HD

    A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar,"...

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  • 1980
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    Othello

    Othello

    8 1980 HD

    The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael...

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  • 1993
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    The American Clock

    The American Clock

    6.5 1993 HD

    Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market...

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  • 1983
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    For Love and Honor

    For Love and Honor

    10 1983 HD

    A military drama set on a Texas base focuses on the ups and downs of young paratroopers, who, while they're gearing up for possible combat...

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  • 2003
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    The Beast Within: Making Alien

    The Beast Within: Making Alien

    8.167 2003 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's...

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  • 1980
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    Rage!

    Rage!

    7 1980 HD

    In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

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  • 1995
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    Dead Badge

    Dead Badge

    8.3 1995 HD

    After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many...

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  • 1987
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    Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

    7 1987 HD

    Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an...

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  • 1993
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    Almost Blue

    Almost Blue

    5.8 1993 HD

    The young jazz saxophonist Morris Poole is at the height of his career. When his wife dies he is almost overcome by grief and blames himself. When...

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  • 1999
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    Inside 'Live and Let Die'

    Inside 'Live and Let Die'

    7.5 1999 HD

    A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"

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  • 1995
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    The World of James Bond

    The World of James Bond

    6 1995 HD

    Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.

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  • 1982
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    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    6 1982 HD

    Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this...

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  • 2010
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    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    7.8 2010 HD

    For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office...

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  • 2000
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    The Ride

    The Ride

    2 2000 HD

    Originally intended as a pilot for a drama series on Canadian channel Showcase, this TV movie follows the daily lives of drivers for an urban cab...

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  • 1972
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    The Limit

    The Limit

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Limit

    The Limit

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Limit

    The Limit

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1983
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    The A-Team

    The A-Team

    7.5 1983 HD

    A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as...

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  • 1993
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    seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

    7.1 1993 HD

    In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine...

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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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    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.3 1985 HD

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The...

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  • 1967
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    Mannix

    Mannix

    6.7 1967 HD

    Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed...

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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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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1970
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    Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

    7.83 1970 HD

    Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the...

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  • 1993
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    Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

    8 1993 HD

    An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

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  • 1975
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    Doctors' Hospital

    Doctors' Hospital

    5 1975 HD

    Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975–1976 season.

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  • 1964
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

    Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September...

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  • 1967
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    The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

    6.5 1967 HD

    The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971....

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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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  • 1967
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    Cowboy in Africa

    Cowboy in Africa

    5 1967 HD

    Cowboy in Africa was an American Broadcasting Company television series produced during 1967-1968 by Ivan Tors and featuring Chuck Connors as the...

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  • 1966
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    Tarzan

    Tarzan

    6.7 1966 HD

    Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of...

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  • 1983
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    For Love and Honor

    For Love and Honor

    5.5 1983 HD

    For Love and Honor is a short-lived American military drama series that aired on NBC from September 23, 1983 to December 27, 1983. The series is...

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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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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

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

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  • 1986
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    Harem

    Harem

    5 1986 HD

    A two-part minseries about a beautiful woman who, at the turn of the century, is kidnapped and sold into a Turkish harem where, as she struggles to...

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  • 1964
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

    Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September...

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  • 1959
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    Bonanza

    Bonanza

    7.5 1959 HD

    The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1989
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    Father Dowling Mysteries

    Father Dowling Mysteries

    7.3 1989 HD

    Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV movie...

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  • 1968
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    The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

    6.8 1968 HD

    The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC,...

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