Louis Gossett, Jr.Filmography

Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. narrates this dramatic look at the people who raised their voices in song against racism and inequality. Change was in the air, and it was the singers and songwriters of such unforgettable melodies as "A Change is Gonna Come", "Blowin' in the Wind" Read More

Delgo

Actors: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer

Synopsis: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, and Val Kilmer all lend their voices to this animated fantasy adventure set in a magical world divided by fear. As two dueling civilizations prepare to unleash the dogs of war, it's up to one troubled adolescent and his unlikely friends to Read More

The Perfect Game

Actors: Clifton Collins, Jr., Cheech Marin, Emilie de Ravin, Jake T. Austin, Moisés Arias

Synopsis: William Dear (Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann) helms the period baseball drama The Perfect Game, a cinematization of real-life events that transpired in 1957. Clifton Collins Jr. stars as Cesar Faz, a 1950s baseball player who immigrated from Mexico to the U.S. with the intent of making it Read More

Cover

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Vivica A. Fox, Aunjanue Ellis, Razaaq Adoti

Synopsis: A woman accused could be either a killer or a victim in this psychological drama from director Bill Duke. Valerie Maas (Aunjanue Ellis) is a God-fearing housewife and artist who one day finds herself in a situation she never imaged possible -- being questioned on murder charges by no-nonsense Read More

The Black List, Vol. 1

Actors: Elvis Mitchell

Synopsis: Directed by filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and produced by journalist Elvis Mitchell, this collaborative documentary offers an informative collection of portraits of twenty influential African Americans ranging from powerful CEOs to prolific artists, well-known politicians, and dedicated Read More

Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls

Actors: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett, Jr., Tasha Smith, Tracee Ellis Ross

Synopsis: Diary of a Mad Black Woman mastermind Tyler Perry turns the familiar Cinderella tale on its head with this story concerning a successful female attorney who falls in love with a financially strapped mechanic. Monty (Idris Elba) is struggling mechanic and single father of three from a poor Read More

Rwanda Rising

Actors: Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., LeVar Burton

All In

Actors: Dominique Swain, Michael Madsen, Louis Gossett, Jr., James Russo

Synopsis: A medical student with mounting debts draws on her formidable poker skills in order to stay afloat in this gambling drama starring Dominique Swain and Michael Madsen. As a young girl, Alicia "Ace" Anderson (Swain) frequently accompanied her card shark father (Madsen) to clandestine gambling rooms Read More

Lackawanna Blues

Actors: S. Epatha Merkerson, Julie Benz, Robert A. Bradley, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Kathleen Chalfant

Synopsis: A young boy grows up among a makeshift family of oddballs and dreamers in this adaptation of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's acclaimed one-man show. Ruben Junior (Marcus Carl Franklin) is a young boy who was born in the late '40s into a family that started crumbling not long after he was born. Ruben Read More

Left Behind: World at War

Actors: Gordon Currie, Chelsea Noble, Jessica Steen, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens, Arnold Pinnock, Laura Catalano, Kirk Cameron, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: The countdown to Armageddon continues as world leader Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) brings peace to the world in this installment of the popular Left Behind series inspired by the best-selling books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. As world peace blossoms and the citizens of the planet attempt Read More

Solar Attack

Actors: Mark Dacascos, Joanne Kelly, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: The largest coronal mass emission ever detected is about to set the entire planet ablaze, and in order to save the human race, scientists will be forced to take the ultimate risk in this apocalyptic thriller starring Mark Dacascos and Louis Gossett Jr. An incendiary segment of the sun has broken Read More

The Dead Zone: Zion

Actors: John L. Adams, Nicole deBoer, Kristen Dalton, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Upon the death of his clergyman father, David Lewis (Louis Gossett Jr.), Bruce (John L. Adams) heads to Indianapolis for the funeral, bringing along his friend Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) for emotional support. Brushing past the body of Pastor Lewis, Johnny experiences a strange vision which he Read More

Momentum

Actors: Grayson McCouch, Louis Gossett, Jr., Michael Massee, Nicki Lynn Aycox, Teri Hatcher, Carmen Argenziano

Synopsis: Throughout his life, physics professor Zach Shefford (Grayson McCouch) has regarded his telekinetic gifts as a curse rather than a blessing. This sentiment is obviously not shared by ruthless Pentagon agent Raymond Addison (Louis Gossett Jr.), who recruits Shefford for a dangerous mission in which Read More

Jasper, Texas

Actors: Jon Voight, Louis Gossett, Jr., Joe Morton, Emily Yancy, Bokeem Woodbine

Synopsis: The time: June 1998. The place: The sleepy town of Jasper, TX. Three young, self-styled white supremists overpower a 49-year-old black man named James Byrd Jr., chain him to the back of their pickup, and literally drag him to death. What follows is a media firestorm, exacerbated by scores of Read More

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

Actors: Keshia Knight Pulliam, Angell Conwell, Monica McSwain

Synopsis: A rare original movie offering from the UPN network, What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away focuses on three high school girls: aspiring singer Temple (Keshia Knight Pulliam) and her lifelong friends Alex (Angell Conwell) and Breena (Monica McSwain). Attending a weekend college-scholarship Read More

Deceived

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Jefferson Mappin, Judd Nelson, Stewart Bick, Deborah Odell, Ramona Milano, Leigh Lewis, Richard Nester, Michelle Nolden

Synopsis: Christian independent film company Cloud Ten Productions presents this science fiction-tinged thriller in the same vein of their other offerings, such as Left Behind. Directed by Andre vanHeerden, Deceived stars Judd Nelson as Jack Jones, a scientist brought in to help discern the purpose and Read More

Terminal Countdown

Synopsis: Richard Pepin directs Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr. in the thriller Terminal Countdown. The Y2K bug threatens to launch a nuclear missile from a nearly forgotten bunker in South America. A specially trained group of commandos work together to eliminate the threat before time runs out. Read More

For Love of Olivia

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: The scene is the small Missouri town of Silver Shade in the mid-'60s. Despite deeply ingrained prejudice, black lawyer Daniel Webster Stewart (Louis Gossett Jr.) has managed to achieve success, and is now on the verge of winning an important political race. Things take a startling turn when Read More

Dr. Lucille

Actors: Marina Orsini, Massimo Ghini, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: This made-for-TV drama is based on the true-life story of Dr. Lucille Teasdale (Marina Orsini), who was one of the first female surgeons to practice in Canada. After establishing a practice in Quebec, Teasdale was re-introduced to Dr. Piero Corti (Massimo Ghini), a fellow surgeon she first met Read More

The Color of Love

Actors: Gena Rowlands, Penny Bae Bridges, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: When the daughter of widowed Southern dowager Georgia Porter (Gena Rowlands) is killed in an accident, Georgia learns to her horror that she is the grandmother of an African-American child named Jacey (Penny Bae Bridges). At first, Georgia's inbred racism holds sway, and she does everything she Read More

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Jonathan Silverman, Michael Madsen

Synopsis: Originally aired on the Showtime cable network, this sequel continues the adventures of two determined postal inspectors as they track down a serial killer who uses mail fraud as a means of hunting down his victims, murdering them, and then stealing their identities. Jonathan Silverman and Louis Gossett, Jr. Read More

Love Songs

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert Townsend, Andre Braugher, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Louis Gossett Jr. and Robert Townsend take turns directing each other in this multi-part film about the many facets of love and passion. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Y2K

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Jaimz Woolvett, Ed O'Ross, Sarah Chalke, Malcolm McDowell

Synopsis: As the dawn of the year 2000 rolls around, a nervous military leader (Malcolm McDowell) assembles a team to help him deal with an unforeseen problem. In the early 1960s, the CIA hid a stash of nuclear weapons in a secret base in the Colombian jungle, and the aging computer system that governs it Read More

The Highwayman

Synopsis: A man who lowered himself to work in telephone sales finds himself not only fired from his job, but also set up by his former boss for fraud. His day continues on its downward spiral as his wife leaves him, and his corrupt landlady evicts him - - just before she herself dies. To top it all off, a Read More

Story of a People, Vol. 1: Interracial Relationships

Synopsis: In this episode of Story of a People, Danny Glover hosts an in-depth look at the problems and triumphs of interracial couples. Interviews with friends, enemies, and families of the couples are featured. Special attention is paid to society's changing attitudes regarding such unions. ~ Rob Ferrier Read More

The Inspectors

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Jonathan Silverman

Synopsis: Originally made for the Showtime cable network, this fast-paced thriller allows viewers a look into the sometimes dangerous world of two United States Postal Inspectors as they try to find the culprit behind a mail bombing. The two inspectors couldn't be more different. Frank Hughes (Louis Gossett Jr. Read More

Story of a People, Vol. 2: Black Youth

Story of a People, Vol. 4: Affirmative Action on Trial

Synopsis: In this episode of Story of a People, Danny Glover hosts an in-depth look at the issues surrounding affirmative action. All sides of the issue are given equal time. The same weight is assigned affirmative action's triumphs and its failures. Through interviews with people from a wide variety of Read More

The Mummy

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Amy Locane

Synopsis: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Karn, and Amy Locane star in this supernatural horror tale about a mummy with a heart that bears a power beyond that of our world. When the mummy attacks archaeologist Dr. Trelawny, his colleagues have to trace the source of the ghoul's power and find a way to stop it. Read More

Touched By an Angel: Amazing Grace, Part 2

Synopsis: Originally an episode of the Touched by an Angel spinoff Promised Land, this is the conclusion of a two-part story begun on Angel (and as such is included in the current Angel syndication package. Having been chosen to act as the "eyes" for temporarily inded angel Monica (Roma Downey), young Read More

Legend of the Mummy

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Amy Locane, Eric Lutes, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Lloyd Bochner

Synopsis: Made-for-cable and loosely based on Bram Stoker's novel, Jewel of the Seven Stars, this chiller is set in modern-day San Francisco and centers upon a rare ruby. The gem is cursed and its removal from its resting place in Egypt awakens the wrath of a mummy that will stop at nothing to get it back. Read More

In His Father's Shoes

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Robert Ri'chard, Louis Gossett, Jr., Djanet Sears

Synopsis: Clay Crosby never had the chance to know his late father very well and it created a void in his life. At 15, he finds a pair of shoes, tries them on, and suddenly finds himself whisked back to the days when his father was a teen. When he takes the shoes off, he returns to his own time. Each time Read More

Managua

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., John Savage, Assumpta Serna

Synopsis: Following the death of an American war correspondent (John Rice) in Nicaragua, his best friend, a New York stock broker (Louis Gossett, Jr.) is sent down by the State Department to claim the body. Upon his arrival to the nation's capitol, Managua, he discovers that the body has supposedly already Read More

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Synopsis: Though almost all actors and directors must struggle to find gainful employment in their profession, this challenge continues to be an even greatest one for many African-American actors. Fortunately, some advances have been made. This film seeks to document the types of discrimination and unique Read More

Touched By an Angel: Amazing Grace, Part 1

Synopsis: In this first episode of a two-part story, Tess (Della Reese) pays a visit to the Greene family, the protagonists of the Touched by an Angel spinoff series Promised Land. She informs Joshua Greene (Austin O'Brien) that God has reserved a special purpose for him, specifically act as the "eyes" for Read More

Inside

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Eric Stoltz, Nigel Hawthorne, Louis Gossett, Jr., Ian Roberts, Ross Prelier

Synopsis: A solemn look at South African apartheid, Arthur Penn's claustrophobic drama centers on a pair of political interrogations, separated by a decade. The film's first part, set in 1988, centers on the imprisonment of Marty Strydom (Eric Stoltz), an Afrikaaner university professor held as a political Read More

Iron Eagle IV: On the Attack

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Jason Cadieux, Al Waxman, Joanne Vannicola, Rachel Blanchard

Synopsis: The fourth entry in the Iron Eagle series follows the return of General Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gosset Jr., who deserves better) as he trains a Dirty Dozen-style team of juvenile delinquents to improve their quality of life by flying planes and combatting evil. This time the Air Force Read More

Captive Heart: the James Mink Story

Actors: Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: Devoted parents search for their daughter in this strange, fact-based made-for-television movie. Set in the 1850s, Louis Gossett Jr. stars as James Mink, a wealthy Canadian businessman who is married to a white woman (Kate Nelligan). When their daughter is duped into marrying a slave trader, the Read More

Harlem Globetrotters: 6 Decades of Magic

Synopsis: A highly entertaining retrospective of the famous basketball team. Harlem Globetrotters: 6 Decades of Magic, hosted by Louis Gossett Jr., showcases the multi-talented and athletic players that have been delighting audiences all over the world since 1927. Special profiles of famous players like Read More

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

Actors: Charlayne Woodard, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: In 1988, Gail Devers was one of the best female sprinters in America, and seemed assured of a place on the United States Olympic Team to compete in the 100-meter hurdles in that year's games in Seoul, South Korea. However, tragedy struck Devers in the form of Grave's Disease, a rare ailment that Read More

Images & Realities: African American Men

Synopsis: This program explores the inspirations and accomplishments of African-American men and examines issues they often face in contemporary society. Hosted by Academy Award-winning actor, Louis Gossett Jr., the program emphasizes the importance of clarity, commitment, and caring. Interviews with Robert Guillaume Read More

High Lonesome

Synopsis: Battered and left alone, a 10-year-old sharecropper's son finds comfort and unconditional love from a big-hearted farmer. Because, however, the kindly agrarian is a black man (Louis Gossett Jr.) and the boy (Joseph Mazzello) is white, their relationship causes an uproar in their heretofore Read More

Zooman

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Cynthia Martells, CCH Pounder

Synopsis: In this tough but literate urban drama (based on a play by Charles Fuller), Zooman (Khalil Kain) is a petty criminal and gangbanger who in the midst of a shootout with other gangsters accidentally kills a nine-year-old girl. The girl's father, Rueben Tate (Louis Gossett Jr.), is distraught over Read More

The Kings of the Ring

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Rare archival footage and interviews tell tales of public triumph and personal defeats of the greatest names in boxing -- from Jess Willard in 1915 to Mike Tyson. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Blue Chips

Actors: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard

Synopsis: Blue Chips examines greed, cheating, and "winning at all costs" in the world of college basketball. Nick Nolte plays the stressed-out coach on the verge of his first losing season, who hits the road in search of new players not already signed by a bigger school. He finds three prospects: a Read More

A Good Man in Africa

Actors: Colin Friels, Joanne Whalley, Sean Connery, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Lithgow

Synopsis: Based on a novel by William Boyd (who also wrote the film's screenplay), this darkly witty drama explores the political, social, and sexual gamesmanship of a group of British and African politicians. Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is a British diplomat who, for the past three years, has been assigned Read More

Curse of the Starving Class

Actors: James Woods, Kathy Bates, Henry Thomas, Kristin Fiorella, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on the award-winning play by Sam Shepard, this drama offers an unblinking look at a family desperately clinging to the last threads of the American dream. Weston Tate (James Woods) is an alcoholic Viet Nam veteran struggling to hold on to the family's farm; he often brags about his grand Read More

Flashfire

Actors: Billy Zane, Louis Gossett, Jr., Kristen Minter

Synopsis: An honest cop stands in the face of the corruption of his peers in this thriller. Jack Flinder is a police detective who loves his work. Jack and his partner Art are chasing an arsonist. Their investigation reveals a shocking conspiracy. Art is subsequently murdered in front of his girlfriend Lisa Read More

Monolith

Actors: Bill Paxton, Lindsay Frost, John Hurt, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: If you've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, you know what a "monolith" is. What it is not is exclusively an extraterrestrial entity, as was apparently assumed by the producers of the 1993 melodrama Monolith. The story concerns two eternally bickering cops (Bill Paxton and Lindsay Frost), who stumble Read More

Return to Lonesome Dove

Actors: Barbara Hershey, Jon Voight

Synopsis: The first of a number of sequels to the highly successful western mini-series Lonesome Dove featured few of the same actors as the original, nor was it based on a novel by Larry McMurtry. In this outing, onetime Texas Ranger Call (Jon Voight, replacing Tommy Lee Jones) heads a group of cowboys Read More

Gridiron Gang

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: In the inspirational two-hour documentary Gridiron Gang, director/co-producer Lee Stanley (Desperate Passage) undertakes an ambitious, and enormously successful, social experiment. Stanley and Coach Sean Porter pull 35 underage convicts (primarily gang members) from Camp Vernon Kilpatrick, a Read More

Dangerous Relations

Synopsis: Originally made for television, this prison drama centers on a hard-core convict who for the past decade has been the king of the other prisoners. Just before he is to be paroled, a young inmate challenges him. This creates considerable tension until he learns that he and the youth are related by Read More

Abraham Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom

Synopsis: The 16th president of the United States comes fully to life in the one-hour special Abraham Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom. This PBS program explores the history of the gentle leader from birth to presidency. Lincoln was unlike any other world leader because of his sense of humanity and justice. Read More

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Disney's made-for-television film Goodbye, Miss 4th of July is about the daughter of Greek immigrants in pre-World War II West Virginia. The girl and her family befriend an elderly, ailing former boxer, who happens to be African-American. The boxer and the family are forced Read More

Diggstown

Actors: James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr., Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt, Heather Graham

Synopsis: In this comedy, a charming con man teams up with a boxer fallen on hard times in hopes of making some quick money. After doing time for selling art that turned out to be forged, Gabriel Caine (James Woods) and his partner Fitz (Oliver Platt) set their sights on a village called Diggstown; Fitz Read More

Iron Eagle III: Aces

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Paul Freeman, Rachel McLish, Horst Buchholz, Christopher Cazenove

Synopsis: Chappy Sinclair enlists the aid of a team of wild air show pilots after he discovers that a Peruvian drug lord has set up shop in a small village. The fly boys make off with a fleet of World War II vintage aircraft in an effort to drive the drug dealers out of business, but they come up against a Read More

Keeper of the City

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Anthony LaPaglia, Peter Coyote, Renée Soutendijk, Aeryk Egan

Synopsis: A vigilante (Anthony LaPaglia) who is systematically killing the crime lords in control of the Chicago mob crosses paths with a veteran detective (Louis Gossett Jr.) in this made-for-cable thriller. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Carolina Skeletons

Synopsis: Carolina Skeletons is based on a prize-winning novel by David Stout. Louis Gossett Jr. plays a former Green Beret colonel who returns to his home town after thirty years. As a child, Gossett was forced to look on in horror as his brother was tried and executed on a trumped-up murder charge. Now Read More

Liberators

Synopsis: Even as they scored victory after victory for the United States, black soldiers still faced discrimination. Includes footage of the first troops to liberate Dachau and Buchenwald. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Toy Soldiers

Actors: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Dead Poets Society and Die Hard bash heads in this action drama set in a Northeastern prep school. The film opens as a crazed Central American terrorist, Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff), goes on a shooting spree, attempting to gain his drug baron father's release from extradition to the United States. Read More

Father and Son

Synopsis: Just released from a long prison stay, a man is thrown into fatherhood when he regains custody of the son he's never met. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Sudie and Simpson

Synopsis: Based on Sara Flanigan Carter's semi-autobiographical novel, the made-for-cable Sudie and Simpson is about a White 12-year-old girl called Sudie who becomes friends with a shy, lonely Black adult named Simpson who has been ostracized from their rural Georgia town. Eventually, the small community Read More

Straight Up

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Chad Allen

Zora is My Name!

Actors: Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Jr., Roger E. Mosley, Flip Wilson

Synopsis: A PBS "American Playhouse" production, this is an amusing TV outing revealing the life of Zora Neale Hurston, a black writer known for her folklore and stories from the rural South of the 1930s and 1940s. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Cover Up

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Finn

Synopsis: In Cover-Up, an espionage thriller, someone attacks a U.S. military installation in Israel and steals a secret "package" destined for the CIA. Mike Anderson (Dolph Lundgren) is in the country to report on the incident, and he runs into old acquaintances: the military attache, and his old romantic Read More

The Josephine Baker Story

Actors: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Craig T. Nelson, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Brian Gibson's made-for-cable biography of the famed singer Josephine Baker stars Lynn Whitfield as the black American who found stardom and scandal as the toast of the Paris night-life during the 1920s and '30s. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

El Diablo

Actors: Anthony Edwards, M.C. Gainey, Robert Beltran

Synopsis: In the made-for-cable El Diablo, Anthony Edwards plays a bespectacled Eastern schoolteacher who is bullied and cowed by the wild westerners all around him. Soon, however, he is forced to summon up his courage to expedite the rescue of his prettiest female student (M.C. Gainey), who has been Read More

Gideon Oliver: By the Rivers of Babylon

Synopsis: Intrigue in the Caribbean sweeps up Professor Oliver, a strong-willed woman and an innocent boy in its clutches. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Punisher

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett, Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, Bryan Marshall, Kim Miyori, Nancy Everhard

Synopsis: This is an adaptation of a popular, violent Marvel Comics series about a character who's a frontier-style vigilante in modern-day urban America. Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, once a crusading police officer whose family was murdered by a car bomb planted by the Mob. Believed to be killed Read More

A Raisin in the Sun

Actors: Esther Rolle, Danny Glover

Synopsis: Raisin in the Sun is a 1989 TV adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 Broadway play (previously filmed in 1962). An African-American family hopes to use a $10,000 legacy left them by the family's late father to move out of the Chicago projects and into a white neighborhood. Spearheading the move Read More

Gideon Oliver: Tongs

Synopsis: An anthropology student involved in a Chinatown gang war is assisted by Gideon. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Gideon Oliver: The Last Plane from Coramaya

Synopsis: An international ring of art thieves has connections with a Latin American dictator, and investigator Gideon gets into a heap of trouble when he uncovers this conspiracy. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Gideon Oliver: Sleep Well, Professor Gideon

Synopsis: This TV film was the 2-hour pilot for the Gideon Oliver series. Louis Gossett Jr. stars as Oliver, an anthropology professor who uses his knowledge of other cultures to solve mysteries. In the opener, Professor Oliver tackles the murder of an ex-lover, who'd been investigating a cult of satanists. Read More

Gideon Oliver: Kennonite

Synopsis: A double murder, investigated by Gideon, causes great unrest in a normally peaceful religious community. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Iron Eagle II

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Alan Scarfe, Sharon H. Brandon

Synopsis: A pair of American pilots are forced to cooperate with their Soviet counterparts on a mission to destroy a Middle Eastern nuclear weapons site in this predictable, low-budget action sequel. The first Iron Eagle's rebellious fly boy Cooper (Mark Humphreys) has returned, as has his gruff mentor Read More

Roots: The Gift

Actors: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., Avery Brooks

Synopsis: Deviating from the storyline of Alex Haley's book, and the classic 1977 miniseries that followed, the plotline of 1988's Roots: The Gift finds African-born slave Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) and his plantation friend Fiddler (Louis Gossett Jr.) helping freed black man Cletus Moyer (Avery Brooks) Read More

The Principal

Actors: James Belushi, Louis Gossett, Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright, J.J. Cohen, Esai Morales

Synopsis: An impulsive but determined white principal brings order and respect to a predominantly African-American and Latino high school in this comedy-drama from the director of Young Guns and That Was Then, This Is Now. Rick Latimer (James Belushi), a high-school teacher, is in the process of a divorce Read More

A Gathering of Old Men

Actors: Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark

Synopsis: Gathering of Old Men was based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, who'd previously written The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Like Pittman, Gathering builds its narrative upon a tapestry of deep-bred racial intolerance in the South. When a bigoted white Louisiana tenant farmer is killed, black Read More

The Father Clements Story

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catholic church during his fight to adopt a troubled teen and save him from life on the streets. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Firewalker

Actors: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett, Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson, Sonny Landham

Synopsis: Firewalker stars Chuck Norris as Max Donigan, an ex-Marine, and Louis Gossett, Jr. as his buddy, Leo Porter. Both set out to help Patricia Goodwyn (Melody Anderson) find a lost Aztec city and a temple filled with gold. After a few misadventures, their nemesis "El Coyote" (Sonny Landham) comes into Read More

Iron Eagle

Actors: Shawnee Smith, Louis Gossett, Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott, Robbie Rist

Synopsis: A seat-of-the-pants militia attitude gets a boost from this conventional drama about the heroics of a teen son anxious to free his father from captivity in a small Middle Eastern nation. Doug's (Jason Gedrick) father is an Air Force pilot who was shot down on a mission near the border of an Arab Read More

Enemy Mine

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett, Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick

Synopsis: Love means never having to say that you're ugly in the extravagant fantasy film Enemy Mine. Earthling Dennis Quaid is Davidge, one of many space warriors engaged in a bloody extraterrestrial battle against the Draconians. Crash-landing on a faraway planet, Davidge is forced into an "up close and Read More

The Guardian

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: The Guardian is set in an upper-class New York apartment building, recently plagued by a series of break-ins and murders. The tenants eagerly enlist the services of former military officer John Mack (Louis Gossett Jr.) as the building's head of security. Slowly but surely, the tenants give up Read More

Finders Keepers

Actors: Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett, Jr., Ed Lauter, David Wayne

Synopsis: In this slapstick chase-adventure, some unlikely heroes try to outwit each other for possession of a huge stash of cash hidden on the train they are all riding together. The comedy is a little uneven here or at least not to everyone's taste, and the pace is fast-forward frantic. Josef (Ed Lauter) Read More

Jaws 3

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Putch

Synopsis: An ocean-themed Florida amusement park comes under attack from an angry Great White shark in this third installment of the horror series. The film maintains only a loose relationship to the original Steven Spielberg hit, centering on Mike (Dennis Quaid) and Sean (John Putch), the sons of police Read More

Sadat

Synopsis: Louis Gossett Jr. was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in this two-part made-for-TV biopic. With 4 hours at its disposal, Sadat is able to trace its protagonist from his formative years fighting against the British occupiers of his country. The second part of Read More

Benny's Place

Synopsis: Relying more on acting and attitude than makeup, Louis Gossett Jr. plays a cantankerous, fiercely independent old man in Benny's Place. A longtime employee of a steel mill, Gossett has set up his own tool repair operation within the mill, running things nicely, thank you, without the interference Read More

Saturday Night Live: Louis Gossett Jr.

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., George "Aggie" Anest

Synopsis: This 1982 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Louis Gossett Jr. and features musical guest George Thorogood & the Destroyers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

An Officer and a Gentleman

Actors: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett, Jr., David Keith, Lisa Blount

Synopsis: Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he's arrived at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill sergeant Emil Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.). Mayo --or "Mayonnaise," as he is dubbed by the irascible Read More

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Synopsis: This TV-movie biography of legendary black ballplayer Leroy "Satchel" Paige unfortunately whitewashes and hokes up his fascinating story. Louis Gossett Jr. stars as Paige, who spends virtually his entire professional career in the Negro leagues because of the "gentlemen's agreement" barring Read More

The Lazarus Syndrome

Synopsis: The Lazarus Syndrome stars Louis Gossett Jr. as brilliant, temperamental cardiologist Mac St. Clair. At present, St. Clair is at loggerheads with his chief surgeon, who gives every sign of being incompetent. St. Clair's dedication to his job causes ongoing friction in his private life. Made for Read More

Backstairs at the White House

Actors: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett, Jr., Robert Hooks, Leslie Nielsen

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, the NBC miniseries Backstairs at the White House traces over five decades of American political history as witnessed from the vantage point of the servants' quarters. Played by Tania Johnson as a teenager and by Leslie Uggams as an adult, Lillian Rogers Parks Read More

This Man Stands Alone

Synopsis: This socially conscious drama is set during the Civil Rights Movement and chronicles the endeavors of a black minister to run for sheriff in a Southern county. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Critical List

Actors: Barbara Parkins

Synopsis: Critical List divides its four-hour running time between a big city hospital and a courtroom where the hospital heads are battling numerous malpractice suits. Medical director Lloyd Bridges is obliged to juggle the travails at the hospital with his own deteriorating marriage. Prosecutor Buddy Ebsen Read More

To Kill a Cop

Synopsis: Joe Don Baker stars as chief of detectives, Eischeid, in the 4-hour, 2-part TV film To Kill A Cop. Eischeid must contend with a series of seemingly unrelated bank robberies and the vicious murders of two police officers. Eischeid deduces that the culprits are members of a violent African-American Read More

Deux Affreux sur le Sable

Actors: Tony Curtis, Sally Kellerman, John Vernon

Synopsis: Two weapons dealers are ambushed in Africa, but their luck changes when a wealthy widow hires them. She blames the natives for her husband's death, so she uses her power to control the water in the arid region to ration the natives' water. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

He Who Walks Alone

Lawman Without a Gun

Synopsis: The civil rights movement in the South saw the election of the first black county sheriff as portrayed in this drama. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Choirboys

Actors: Charles Durning, Louis Gossett, Jr., Perry King, Clyde Kusatsu, Stephen Macht

Synopsis: Loosely based on former policeman Joseph Wambaugh's humorous novel, The Choirboys determinedly explores the stunted interior lives of a large crew of callous, bigoted L.A. policemen. These men get together to lend one another emotional support. However, the means they choose for this do not Read More

Little Ladies of the Night

Actors: Linda Purl

Synopsis: Also known as Little Ladies of the Night, the story focuses on a teenager who runs away from home and finds herself in the sordid world of street-life prostitution. She gains help from a police officer, who is still connected to the underground since he formerly worked as a pimp. ~ John Bush, All Read More

Freeman

Roots

Actors: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Amos, Ben Vereen

Synopsis: This award-winning six-part historical epic was one of the first examples of the miniseries format and one of the highest-rated television programs in broadcasting history. Based on the best-selling novel by author Alex Haley, Roots chronicles the progress of Haley's own family across many Read More

The Deep

Actors: Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett, Jr., Eli Wallach

Synopsis: Peter Benchley, who wrote Jaws, also wrote The Deep. Scuba divers David Sanders and Gail Berke (Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset), assisted by Romer Treece (Robert Shaw), discover a sunken treasure off the Bermuda coast. They also find a stash of narcotics. David and Gail spend the rest of the Read More

The Rockford Files: Just Another Polish Wedding

Synopsis: Jim Rockford (James Garner) arranges for his ex-jailbird "pal" Gandy Fitch (Isaac Hayes) to work as a legman for Marcus Hayes (Louis Gossett Jr.), a private eye who'd once been Jim's parole officer. Gandy repays the favor by horning in on "Rockfish"'s current case, involving the search for a Read More

The Rockford Files: Foul on the First Play

Synopsis: Despite his animosity towards his former parole officer Marcus Hayes (Louis Gosset Jr. in his first series appearance), Jim (James Garner) agrees to take a case on Hayes' behalf. Jim is to investigate the possibility of criminal involvement in the high-stakes bidding for a valuable pro-basketball Read More

Little House on the Prairie: The Long Road Home

Actors: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Synopsis: It's The Wages of Fear, prairie style, in this tension-laden episode. When the price of grain plummets precipitously, Charles (Michael Landon), Edwards (Victor French), and two other men must seek out employment in a hurry. The four men accept a high-paying but highly dangerous job, transporting Read More

The River Niger

Actors: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett, Jr., Glynn E. Turman, Roger E. Mosley

Synopsis: River Niger is a Tony Award-winning play turned to a movie. It features James Earl Jones as a house-painter/poet who struggles to support his cancer-plagued wife (Cicely Tyson). This is a realistic portrayal of the difficulties encountered in the poverty-stricken ghetto. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

J.D.'s Revenge

Actors: Glynn E. Turman, Joan Pringle, Carl Crudup, James Louis Watkins

Synopsis: This stylish and very entertaining blend of the horror and "Blaxploitation" genres takes some creative risks on a seriously limited budget but manages to deliver the gory goods. The story begins in New Orleans in the mid-1940s, with black crime kingpin J.D. Walker (David McKnight) shot dead on Read More

The Jeffersons: George's Best Friend

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Ned Wertimer, Zara Cully

Synopsis: George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford) find themselves with an unexpected dinner guest in the form of George's old Navy buddy Wendell Brown (Louise Gossett Jr.) Laughingly, George recalls that Wendell had quite a reputation as a womanizer. But George stops laughing when Read More

Good Times: Michael's Big Fall

Synopsis: Normally the most level-headed member of the Evans family, young Michael (Ralph Carter) has suddenly begun acting in a goofy fashion: getting into fights, cutting classes, and failing exams. With dad James (John Amos) out of town, Florida (Esther Rolle) and her brother Wilbert (Louis Gossett Jr.) Read More

The Cut Man Caper

Actors: Robert Hooks, Godfrey Cambridge

Synopsis: The Cut Man Caper originated as a 90-minute episode of the weekly TV anthology Police Story. Heading the cast is Robert Hooks as Ernie Tillis, a detective in the robbery-homicide division. On the trail of loan-company robbers, Hooks is forced to rely upon shifty informer Freddy (Lou Gossett Jr.). Read More

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Actors: Walter McGinn

Synopsis: San Francisco's Delancey Street is the locale of a halfway house for ex-convicts, former drug users, and other society castaways. The founder of this operation is himself a paroled convict (Walter McGinn), who hopes to help others get back on their feet as he has. His touchiest assignment is the Read More

The White Dawn

Actors: Akshooyooliak, Namonai Ashoona, Atcheelak, Higa Ipeelie, Oolipika Joamie, Meetook Mallee, Neelak, Seemee Nookiguak, Jacob Partridge, Sagiaktok, Aupalotak Simonee, Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett, Jr., Simonie Kopapik, Joanasie Salomonie

Synopsis: Director Philip Kaufman took his production of Eskimo life to actual locations in the Arctic Circle, making it only the third film in history (after Nanook of the North and Eskimo) to shoot there. Kaufman also employs authentic Eskimo dialect in the film, which adds a heightened bit of realism. Read More

Sidekicks

Synopsis: This comedy western is the failed pilot for a TV series based on the 1971 feature film Skin Game. Like the original, this tells the story of two bungling con artists, one white the other black, who ride around trying to collect an outlaw bounty and outsmart slave traders. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

Good Times: Thelma's Young Man

Synopsis: Thelma (BernNadette Stanis) has a new boyfriend, and her family is dying to meet him. But she is reluctant to bring her mystery sweetheart home, even after indicating that she's engaged. The reason? Thelma's "young man" (played by Louis Gossett Jr.) is actually not so young; in fact, he is old Read More

It's Good to Be Alive

Synopsis: For his TV-movie directorial debut, Michael Landon selected the autobiography of baseball-great Roy Campanella. It's Good to Be Alive begins when Campanella (Paul Winfield) is nearly killed in a car accident on January 26, 1958. He survives, but his fifth cervical vertebra has been fractured Read More

The Laughing Policeman

Actors: Dave Belrose, Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett, Jr., Albert Paulsen, Anthony Zerbe

Synopsis: Stuart Rosenberg's taut police thriller, based on the Martin Beck novel by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahlöö, concerns a serial killer who is targeting bus riders. When a bus full of innocent commuters are killed on a San Francisco street, Jake Martin (Walter Matthau) is assigned to track down the Read More

Travels with My Aunt

Actors: Olive Behrendt, Nora Norman, Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett, Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams

Synopsis: In the lively comedy/adventure Travels with My Aunt, adapted from Graham Green's book, Henry (Alec McCowan), a timid, bookish accountant whose life seems to have died stillborn, discovers how to live with gusto thanks to the rough ministrations of his thoroughly eccentric aunt Augusta (Maggie Smith Read More

Bonanza: The Desperado

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Louis Gossett, Jr., Marlene Clark

Synopsis: Lou Gossett and Marlene Clark are cast as a fugitive black couple, on the run after being accused of killing two white men. While heading toward the mountains, the desperate pair captures Hoss Cartwright as insurance that they won't be lynched. Understanding the couple's plight, Hoss tries to Read More

The Partridge Family: Soul Club

Synopsis: The Partridges come to the rescue of brothers A.E. and Sam Simon (Richard Pryor, Louis Gossett Jr.), the owners of an inner-city Detroit nightclub called the Fire House. Seems that local loan shark Heavy (Charles Lampkin) is living up to his name, exerting pressure to put the Simons out of Read More

Skin Game

Actors: Susan Clark, James Garner

Synopsis: Skin Game was historically significant as the 2000th film produced by Warner Bros. studios. The film is a comedy western starring James Garner and Louis Gossett Jr. as a pair of clever Antebellum con men. Garner regularly "sells" the black Gossett into slavery for an exalted price, then Read More

The Bushbaby

Actors: Margaret Brooks, Louis Gossett, Jr., Donald Houston, Laurence Naismith, Marne Maitland

Synopsis: Jackie (Margaret Brooks) is presented an African bush baby as a lovely parting gift from Tembo (Louis Gossett Jr.). She tries to board an outbound ship with her father and the annoying, squalling animal. Jackie jumps ship to plant the animal in a nearby tree, but the ship takes off and leaves her Read More

WUSA

Actors: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: Paul Newman served as co-producer of this allegorical drama and stars as Rheinhardt, a opportunistic drifter who ends up in New Orleans and hits up his old friend Farley (Laurence Harvey), a con man-turned-phony preacher, for a job. Farley is able to get Rheinhardt hired on as an announcer at a Read More

Leo the Last

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Billie Whitelaw, Calvin Lockhart, Glenna Forster-Jones

Synopsis: Prince Leo (Marcello Mastroianni) is the exiled ruler from an unnamed country living on the edge of a London ghetto with his harridan mistress Margaret (Billie Whitelaw). While viewing birds through his telescope, he witnesses the struggles of his black neighbors to survive their harsh urban Read More

The Landlord

Actors: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Marki Bey, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Wealthy, insensitive young Beau Bridges buys an inner-city tenement, planning to evict the present occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. But once he ventures into the tenement, he grows quite fond of the low-income ethnic types who dwell within. He even kicks over the traces of his Read More

Companions in Nightmare

Synopsis: Melvyn Douglas made his TV-movie debut in Companions in Nightmare. Douglas plays a famous psychiatrist who conducts a group-therapy session with several high-priced professionals. One of the patients turns out to be a murderer; the truth will come out, and it will be a shocker. Gig Young, Anne Baxter Read More

A Raisin in the Sun

Actors: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon

Synopsis: While this original movie version of Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning play may have dated somewhat, it was groundbreaking when first released in 1961, and a wealth of future plays, films, and TV productions have taken their lead from this socially conscious drama about a struggling Read More

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