Billy Dee WilliamsFilmography

Pitching Man: Satchel Paige-Defying Time

Actors: Billy Dee Williams

Barry Munday

Actors: Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Chloë Sevigny, Cybill Shepherd, Billy Dee Williams

Synopsis: Patrick Wilson, Chloe Sevigny, Judy Greer, and Cybill Shepherd headline first time writer/director Chris D'Arienzo's dark comedy concerning a die-hard womanizer who finds himself named as the defendant in a paternity suit after losing his testicles in a violent street attack. Adapted from author Read More

Constellation

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Zoe Saldana, Lesley Ann Warren, Hill Harper, Melissa DeSousa

Synopsis: An estranged African-American family from the deep South is forced to confront their painful past when as they come together to celebrate the life and legacy of the woman whose death served as the catalyst for renewed family bonds in this redemptive family drama starring Hill Harper, Billy Dee Read More

General Hospital: Night Shift - Season 01

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Actors: Snoop Dogg, Ernie Hudson, Danny Trejo, Daniella Alonso, Method Man

Synopsis: Hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg takes horror fans on a ride through the scary underside of life in the 'hood in this horror anthology. The self-described "gatekeeper of the after-party" (Snoop Dogg) introduces three stories of life in a ghetto neighborhood in which the unscrupulous get what's coming Read More

The Maintenance Man

Actors: Darius McCrary

Synopsis: Je'Caryous Johnson's Maintenance Man stars Darius McCrary as an attractive man who makes his living as a male prostitute whose clientele includes a variety of wealthy women. His lifestyle begins to tire him, and he finds himself daydreaming of a wife, kids, and a nine to five job. ~ Perry Seibert Read More

The Last Place on Earth

Actors: Tisha Campbell-Martin, Dana Ashbrook, Billy Dee Williams

Synopsis: Independent filmmaker James Slocum directs the romantic drama The Last Place on Earth, filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountain region of Northern California. Dana Ashbrook plays Rob Baskin, a businessman who travels to Lake Tahoe in order to spread the ashes of his late mother (Phyllis Diller). Along Read More

Epoch Evolution

Actors: David Keith, Billy Dee Williams

Epoch: Evolution

Synopsis: In the film Epoch, a mysterious monolith sprang out of the ground and intrigued a number of the world's best and brightest. Epoch Evolution, the sequel, stars David Keith as Dr. Mason Rand who must determine if the monolith will help save the war-torn world from itself, or if the structure is Read More

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

The Killer Next Door

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Danica McKellar, Tobin Bell

Synopsis: A young woman discovers the fine line between paranoia and having your worst fears become real in this tale of terror. Molly Wright (Danica McKellar) is a typical college student sharing a house off-campus with her friends. Between her criminology classes, trying to keep up with her homework, and Read More

The Visit

Actors: Hill Harper, Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, Marla Gibbs

Synopsis: A cast of distinguished veterans and promising newcomers headline this stark prison drama from first-time writer-director Jordan Walker-Pearlman. Hill Harper stars as embittered inmate Alex, sentenced to serve time for a rape he claims that he didn't commit. His link to the outside world is his Read More

The Ladies Man

Actors: Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams, Will Ferrell, Lee Evans, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

Synopsis: Yet another recurring character from Saturday Night Live makes the jump to the big screen in this comedy. Leon Phelps (Tim Meadows) is the host of a radio call-in show in which he dispenses advice on the fine art of seduction, for which he seems to have quite a talent -- rather surprising, seeing Read More

Fear Runs Silent

Synopsis: Kerry (Suzanne Davis) emerges from a dense forest in a daze, her clothes shredded and her memories of what happened only vague flashes of her high school friends, blood, and a vicious animal with yellow eyes and fangs. As her thoughts clear, she recalls the adventure all too accurately: Her Read More

Code Name: Eternity [TV Series]

The Contract

Actors: Johanna Black, Billy Dee Williams, Mathew Olver

Synopsis: The daughter of a special operations officer goes on a mission of revenge after her father is murdered. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Hard Time

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Michael Buie, Paco Prieto, Mia Sara

Synopsis: Former Evening Shade costars Burt Reynolds and Charles Durning are reunited in this made-for-TV action thriller, the first entry in a three-picture deal between star-director Reynolds and the TNT cable network. Framed for murder after a botch stakeout, maverick cop Logan McQueen (Reynolds) escapes Read More

Steel Sharks

Actors: Gary Busey, Billy Dee Williams, Billy Warlock, Tim Abell, Larry Poindexter

Synopsis: In this action-adventure, a hostage situation commands the presence of an elite cadre of Navy divers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Woo

Actors: Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Duane Martin, Michael Ralph, Darrell M. Heath

Synopsis: Daisy von Scherler Mayer (Madeline, Party Girl) directed this comedy, scripted by David C. Johnson (D.R.O.P. Squad), following the trajectory of a mismatched couple throughout the evening of a blind date in New York (but mostly filmed in Toronto). Extrovert Darlene "Woo" Bates (Jada Pinkett Smith Read More

The Prince

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Michael Riley, Earl Boen

Synopsis: A man who has embraced treachery as a way to get ahead finds that it can also be his downfall in this suspense drama. Roy Timmons (Michael Riley) is an executive at a large toy company who is bright, talented, and hard-working. But he lacks the killer instinct to get ahead in business, and he is Read More

Moving Target

Actors: Michael Dudikoff, Billy Dee Williams, Michelle Johnson, Ardon Bess, Michael Bernardo

Synopsis: In this fast-paced actioner, Michael Dudikoff plays a bounty hunter whose latest quest for a bail jumper lands him in the middle of war between rival Russian mafia gangs. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Falling for You

Actors: Peter Outerbridge, Jennie Garth, Costas Mandylor, Billy Dee Williams

Synopsis: A woman is hunted by a killer in this made-for-TV drama. Jennie Garth stars as Meg Crane, a beautiful and strong woman who escapes a serial killer (Costas Mandylor). Neither are through with each other yet though -- she is determined to catch him and he is determined to finish the job. Peter Read More

Black Rose of Harlem

Synopsis: Set in the roaring '20s amidst the chaotic jazz clubs of Chicago, gangster Johnny Varona embarks upon a forbidden love affair with Georgia, a beautiful black chanteuse. While racism plays a part in dooming the relationship, the most damning factor is Constanza, Johnny's bloodthirsty boss and Read More

Mask of Death

Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, Conrad Dunn, Jerry Wasserman

Synopsis: In this crime thriller, a detective's face is destroyed when he is shot by a hit man. With nothing left to lose, the gumshoe agrees to undergo radical reconstructive surgery so that he can resemble an FBI fugitive who has connections to the Russian mob. The ensuing plan of action involves a Read More

Triplecross

Actors: Ashley Laurence, Michael Paré, Billy Dee Williams

Synopsis: A man who turns stool pigeon to win his freedom falls into a trap when he falls for the wrong woman in this thriller. T.C. Cooper (Michael Paré) is a thief who is doing a long stretch in prison. Oscar Pierce (Billy Dee Williams) is an FBI agent makes Cooper an offer -- if Cooper is willing to help Read More

Lonesome Dove: The Series - Down Come Rain

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Heaven and Hell: North and South, Book III

Percy and Thunder

Actors: James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Courtney Vance, Robert Wuhl, Zakes Mokae

Synopsis: An ex-championship boxer (James Earl Jones) sees a chance at recapturing a taste of his former glory after discovering that Thunder (Courtney B. Vance), one of the amateurs he trains, has real potential. Unfortunately, Thunder has entangled himself with crooked, gang-connected manager Ralph Tate (Billy Dee Williams Read More

Danielle Steel's 'Message From Nam'

Synopsis: Another of several made-for-TV movies based on the best-selling novels of Danielle Steel, this one stars Jenny Robertson as Paxton Andrews, a sheltered Southern belle who falls for law student Peter Wilson (Steven Eckholdt) on the campus of Berkeley in the late '60s. After Peter is drafted and Read More

Marked for Murder

Actors: Powers Boothe

Synopsis: A former criminal is recruited to help cops in this made-for-television movie. Powers Boothe stars as Mace Moutron, also known as The Sandman, a former convict who is used by the police to help fight crime. More familiar and more satisfied with the swiftness of street justice, the Sandman decides Read More

Alien Intruder

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Melinda Armstrong, Maxwell Caulfield, Richard Cody, Jeff Conaway

Synopsis: Star Wars saga costar Billy Dee Williams once more takes to the Great Beyond in Alien Intruder. The film is set in the future and the plot concerns a malevolent extraterrestrial virus which insinuates itself upon the Earth. Cleverly, the virus takes the shape of voluptuous Tracy Scoggins. ~ Hal Read More

A Different World: College Kid

Synopsis: To cut down on costs, Lena (Jada Pinkett, Gina (Ajai Sanders), Charmaine (Karen Malina White), Dorian (Bumper Robinson) and Terrell (Patrick Y. Malone) all move into the same apartment. Almost immediately, they clash with their landlord Langston Paige (Billy Dee Williams), who turns out to be a Read More

The Jacksons: An American Dream

Actors: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett, Alex Burrall, Wylie Draper, Damon Morris

Synopsis: A two-part made for TV effort, this special depicts the dysfunctional Jackson family, which has somehow managed to raise its children in such a way that they have managed to rise above their steel town backgrounds to the tops of the charts in the music field. Though obviously not delving into the Read More

Giant Steps

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Michael Mahonen, Kristina Nicoll, Robyn Stevan, Ted Dykstra, Ranee Lee

Synopsis: In this drama, a teenage trumpeter makes friends with Slate Thompson, a jazz pianist whom he idolizes. The legendary Thompson is obsessed with remaining true to his art. When the moody pianist meets the idealistic lad, he begins to remember the joy he once felt when he played. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

Driving Me Crazy

Actors: Thomas Gottschalk, Billy Dee Williams, Michelle Johnson, James Tolkan, Steve Kanaly, Milton Berle, Dom DeLuise

Synopsis: It probably takes an intimate acquaintance with East Germany's famously awful car, a smoky, noisy two-cylinder lawnmower on wheels, the Trabant 601, to fully appreciate the jokes in this extremely popular, celebrity-filled comedy. In the story, Gunther (German television star Thomas Gotttschalk) Read More

Dangerous Passion

Synopsis: This USA Cable network offering stars Carl Weathers as a none-too-ethical security expert. Weathers gets mixed up with high-profile gangster Billy Dee Williams. If he'd stopped there, he'd be on safe ground: Trouble is, romance develops between Weathers and Williams' wife Lonette McKee. The cool Read More

Batman

Actors: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: Behind the black cowl, Gotham City superhero Batman is really millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton), who turned to crimefighting after his parents were brutally murdered before his eyes. The only person to share Wayne's secret is faithful butler Alfred (Michael Gough). The Read More

The Return of Desperado

Actors: Alex McArthur, Billy Dee Williams

Synopsis: As a result of the surprise ratings success of the first Desperado TV movie in April of 1987, plans were hastily drawn up to release additional Desperado adventures over the next three years. Return of Desperado was the first such follow-up to be telecast, though in fact it was filmed after the Read More

Number One with a Bullet

Actors: Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves, Doris Roberts

Synopsis: Detective Berzak (Robert Carradine) and his suave partner Hazeltine (Billy Dee Williams) combine forces to track down a notorious drug lord in this routine action feature. Captain Ferris (Peter Graves) monitors the progress of the decidedly different detectives. The trail leads to Dacosta (Barry Sattels Read More

Deadly Illusion

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Vanity, Morgan Fairchild, John Beck, Joe Cortese

Synopsis: A gumshoe gets in deep kim-chi when he agrees to murder a fellow's wife in exchange for $25,000 up front. No sooner does he accept the money than he is running off to his intended victim to first warn her and then sleep with her. As soon as they finish making love, he learns that she was not the Read More

Oceans of Fire

Synopsis: This exciting disaster film chronicles the raw courage of five ex-cons and their leader when the South American off-shore oil rig they work upon suddenly explodes and only they can stop the ensuing fire. Unfortunately, they must not only deal with the elements, they must also cope with company Read More

Blood, Sweat and Tears

Actors: Michael Dudikoff

The Right of the People

Synopsis: The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns. He launched his fight after his wife and daughter were killed during a robbery. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Courage

Actors: Sophia Loren, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo

Synopsis: This three-hour TV movie stars Sophia Loren as New Yorker Marianna Miraldo. Hurt and angered by her son's cocaine addiction, Marianna discovers that a close friend also has ties with the drug scene. After several of her imprisoned friend's associates try to contact him through her, the DEA Read More

The Jeffersons: Some Enchanted Evening

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Marla Gibbs, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Synopsis: Florence (Marla Gibbs) is crestfallen when she is unable to join the Jeffersons and Willises at a charity ball where her favorite soap opera star (Hal Williams) is slated to appear. This dilemma segues into a fanciful dream sequence, in which Florence is cast as Cinderella, and her Prince Charming Read More

The Imposter

Synopsis: This made-for-TV effort concerns a con man who worms his way into the position of principal at the high school where his ex-girlfriend works. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Fear City

Actors: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Rossano Brazzi

Synopsis: To paraphrase 1930s wit Wilson Mizner, Fear City is like a trip through a sewer in a glass-bottom boat. In exploitation-flick fashion, the film exposes the seedy "nether world" of contemporary Manhattan. Unsavory Matt (Tom Berenger) and Nick (Jack Scalia) run a topless bar/booking agency, in Read More

Time Bomb

Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Billy Dee Williams, Merlin Olsen

Synopsis: In this action-drama, a crack team of transport specialists try to stop terrorists from hijacking an armored van filled with plutonium. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Chiefs

Synopsis: This TV miniseries concerns a Southern village where the murder of a boy has puzzled three different police chiefs since the 1920s. By the time that a black sheriff (Billy Dee Williams) takes over in 1962, he might have just enough evidence to find the culprit. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

Shooting Stars

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Parker Stevenson, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Edie Adams, Fred Travalena

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV movie, two actors who pose as detectives on a television series lose their jobs, only to take up work as real crime fighters. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Marvin and Tige

Actors: John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Denise Nicholas, Gibran Brown, Fay Hauser

Synopsis: In this weakly limned melodrama, Marvin (John Cassavetes) is a homeless man who stops the 11-year-old Tige (Gibran Brown) from killing himself one night, and after a bumpy start, the two become as close as a father and son. Tige's real father left him long ago, his mother has just died, and Tige Read More

Return of the Jedi

Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels

Synopsis: In the final episode of the Star Wars saga, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) emerges intact from the carbonite casing in which he'd been sealed in The Empire Strikes Back. The bad news is that Solo, together with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), is prisoner to the grotesque Read More

Nighthawks

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Nigel Davenport, Persis Khambatta

Synopsis: Deke DaSilva (Sylvester Stallone) and Matthew Fox (Billy Dee Williams) are New York police officers specially assigned to a special multi-national team dedicated to tracking down terrorist Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer). Wulfgar planted a bomb in a London department store, killing several children and he Read More

The Hostage Tower

Actors: Celia Johnson, Peter Fonda

Synopsis: Suspense novelist Alistair MacLean wrote Hostage Tower directly for television. A master criminal takes over the Eiffel Tower, holding the mother of the President of the United States hostage. The criminal demands a $30 million ransom or the tower will be blasted into oblivion. The cast is quite Read More

The Final Countdown

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal

Synopsis: The USS Nimitz, a modern-day nuclear-powered aircraft carrier captained by Kirk Douglas, passes through a time warp and finds itself at Pearl Harbor on December 6, 1941. Douglas is all for preventing the infamous Japanese attack by unleashing the 1980s technology at his disposal. But wait--if Read More

The Empire Strikes Back

Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Kenny Baker

Synopsis: The second entry in George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy finds Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the green-as-grass hero from the first film, now a seasoned space warrior. Luke's Star Wars cohorts Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) are likewise more experienced in the ways and means Read More

Children of Divorce

Actors: Barbara Feldon, Greg Mullavey, Billy Dee Williams, Lance Kerwin, Stacey Nelkin

Synopsis: Originally made for television, the film concerns three divorces and the effect on the varied economic level present in each family. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Christmas Lilies of the Field

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Maria Schell, Fay Hauser

Synopsis: Originally made for television as a sequel to the classic Lilies of the Field, this film concerns an ex-soldier turned handyman (Billy Dee Williams) who returns to the Arizona chapel he built earlier. Encouraged by five nuns, he builds both an orphanage and a small school. ~ John Bush, All Movie Read More

The Jeffersons: Me and Billy Dee

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Damon Evans

Synopsis: Needing a benefit speaker in a hurry, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) tries to engage the services of actor Billy Dee Williams (playing himself). At first intent upon hiring a celebrity impersonator, George lands an audience with Williams by posing as Alex Haley. Unfortunately, George's Read More

Scott Joplin

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery, Eubie Blake, Godfrey Cambridge

Synopsis: Billy Dee Williams stars as legendary ragtime pianist/composer Scott Joplin in this 1977 biopic. Despite his brilliance, Joplin (1868-1917) was confined by the color of his skin to the dregs of show business in the late 19th century. While competing in a musical contest, Joplin introduces his most Read More

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson, Sam "Birmingham" Briston

Synopsis: Based on the novel by William Brasher, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings is set in the segregated south of 1939. African-American baseball pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams), tired of being jerked around by the less-than-ethical managers of the Negro League teams, forms his Read More

Mahogany

Actors: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Beah Richards, Nina Foch

Synopsis: Directed by Berry Gordy, Jr. as a vehicle for his star Diana Ross, Mahogany traces the life of a poor girl who makes it in the fashion world (first as a model, then designer) and deserts her boyfriend (Billy Dee Williams) in the meantime, hooking up instead with a photographer (Anthony Perkins). Read More

The Take

Actors: Frankie Avalon

Synopsis: In this action adventure, the trouble begins when a police lieutenant begins accepting bribes while simultaneously trying to impress his superiors by breaking up a big gang. Keep a sharp eye out for Frankie Avalon playing a sneaky crook. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hit!

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles, Warren Kemmerling

Synopsis: In Sidney J. Furie's interminable caper film, Billy Dee Williams is a federal agent who takes matters into his own hands after the government refuses to do anything about French drug trafficking. After his daughter dies of an overdose of heroine and the authorities seem unconcerned, Nick Allen Read More

The Glass House

Actors: Alan Alda, Vic Morrow

Synopsis: A group of new prisoners, including a political science professor, Jonathan Paige (Alan Alda), and a student, Allan Campbell (Kristoffer Tabori), arrive at a state prison, along with a new guard, Brian Courtland (Clu Gulager). Paige is a serving a year for manslaughter -- he accidentally killed a Read More

Lady Sings the Blues

Actors: Tracee Lyles, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James Callahan, Paul Hampton

Synopsis: Diana Ross plays the magnificent, tragic song stylist Billie Holiday, who while writhing in a strait jacket in a prison cell, awaiting sentencing on drug charges, reflects on her turbulent life. Raped in her youth by a drunk (Adolph Caesar), then compelled to work as a domestic in a Harlem Read More

The Final Comedown

Actors: Billy Dee Williams, D'Urville Martin, Celia Kaye, Raymond St. Jacques, R.G. Armstrong

Synopsis: When an underqualified white man is given the job that Johnny Johnson (Billy Dee Williams) is infinitely more qualified for, the young black man becomes involved in a violent, radical movement to rise up against the perpetrators of racism. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Miracle

Actors: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Joe Don Baker

Synopsis: Written by Dan Ullman, "The Miracle" focuses in on $8,000,000 worth of heroin. The IMF must determine the location of the heroin and put Syndicate operatives Taynor (Ronald Feinberg) and Kearney (Joe Don Baker) out of business. The gimmick: a phony heart transplant, which will convert the Read More

Brian's Song

Actors: Judy Pace, Jack Warden, James Caan, Billy Dee Williams

Synopsis: One of the best known and most enthusiastically reviewed made for television films of the 1970's, this drama was based on the true story of football greats Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo. Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) and Piccolo (James Caan) both joined the Chicago Bears the same year, and while it Read More

The F.B.I.: The Architect

Synopsis: The titular "architect" in this episode is Arthur McBride (Monte Markham), so named for his brilliant execution of complex crimes. Escaping from a federal prison with two cohorts named Borden (Billy Dee Williams) and Deal (Dabbs Greer), the brash McBride laughs at the fact that he's "graducated" Read More

Lost Flight

Actors: Andrew Prine

Synopsis: In 1966, producer Frank Price came up with a TV series concept about a group of people lost on an uncharted island who are forced to carve out their own civilization. No, it wasn't Gilligan's Island, but a more serious endeavor titled Stranded. When the pilot episode didn't sell, Price put Read More

Black Brigade

Synopsis: With The Mod Squad sweeping the Tuesday night TV ratings in 1968, producers Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas hoped to get another multiracial adventure series on the air A.S.A.P. Carter's Army was the 72-minute pilot for this project. Set during World War II, the film stars Stephen Boyd as an Army Read More

The Out-of-Towners

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Milt Kamen, Sandy Baron, Anne Meara, Robert Nichols

Synopsis: Ohio businessman Jack Lemmon is offered a golden job opportunity; all he has to do is relocate himself and wife Sandy Dennis to New York City. What follows has led some critics to complain that playwright Neil Simon has written a "hate letter" to Manhattan. Within a 36 hour period, the couple (a) Read More

The F.B.I.: Eye of the Storm

Synopsis: The FBI is called on the scene when the baby of prominent African American leader John Sheppard (Moses Gunn) is kidnapped. The abductors are an impoverished black couple, Ed and Nora Tobin (Billy Dee Williams, Denise Nicholas), whose actions were motivated by anger and frustration. Whether or not Read More

The F.B.I.: The Sanctuary

Synopsis: Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) gives African American FBI agnet Harry Dane (Booker Bradshaw) plenty of latitude as Dane combs through a tough ghetto neighborhood in search of athlete-turned-criminal Nate Phelps (Billy Dee Williams). Meanwhile, Nate turns to his former girlfriend Lenore Read More

The Last Angry Man

Actors: Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Luther Adler, Joby Baker

Synopsis: In danger of losing his job, TV-producer David Wayne hopes to cook up a real ratings winner by building a network special around the life and work of elderly doctor Paul Muni. For the past 45 years, the iconoclastic Muni has run a free clinic in the slums of Brooklyn. Muni has no time for Read More