Engineer Mark Thackeray arrives to teach a totally undisciplined class at an East End school. Read More »
Tag Archives: Sidney Poitier
Lilies of the Field (1963) Ralph Nelson, Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
Homer Smith, an unemployed construction worker heading out west, stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. Read More »
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) Zoltan Korda, Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city 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 »
Let’s Do It Again (1975) Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised Read More »
Mandela and de Klerk (1997) Joseph Sargent, Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Tina Lifford
On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela, along with numerous political detainees Read More »
Sneakers (1992) Phil Alden Robinson, Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier
Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. Read More »
Edge of the City (1957) Martin Ritt, John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden
Drifter Axel North has just arrived in New York City, having traveled from city to city throughout the country. Read More »
Duel at Diablo (1966) Ralph Nelson, James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson
Lieutenant McAllister is ordered to transport several ammunition wagons to another fort through Apache territory Read More »
Go Man Go (1954) James Wong Howe, Dane Clark, Patricia Breslin, Sidney Poitier
The inspirational story of the famed basketball tricksters The Harlem Globetrotters is chronicled in this drama. Read More »
For Love of Ivy (1968) Daniel Mann, Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges
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 »
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 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 »
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 »