A white family has had the same black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon Read More »
Tag Archives: Sidney Poitier
A Piece of the Action (1977) Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones
Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Read More »
The Long Ships (1963) Jack Cardiff, Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn
In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate. Read More »
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) Ralph Nelson, Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Action, Adventure, Drama
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court Read More »
Paris Blues (1961) Martin Ritt, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Drama, Music, Romance
Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike the US at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. Read More »
Edge of the City (1957) Martin Ritt, John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Drama
Drifter Axel North has just arrived in New York City, having traveled from city to city throughout the country. Read More »
The Lost Man (1969) Robert Alan Aurthur, Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman Jr., Drama
Former U.S. Army lieutenant Jason Higgs (Sidney Poitier) who, after becoming a black militant during the 1960s Black Reveolutionary movement Read More »
The Defiant Ones (1958) Stanley Kramer, Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Crime, Drama
Hanky Panky (1982) Sidney Poitier, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Architect Michael Jordan, a Chicago Architect, is New York on business. A beautiful stranger identifying herself as Janet Dunn, runs into the taxi cab he’s using. Read More »
Porgy and Bess (1959) Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian, Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Drama, Musical, Romance
In this legendary Gershwin opera set among the black residents of a fishing village in 1912 South Carolina Read More »