Bill Cobbs — Actor (35)
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Carolina Skeletons (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Carolina Skeletons
director: John Erman actor: Louis Gossett Jr. / Bruce Dern …
other title: Un Coupable Idéal / Sentencia olvidada
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...
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Exiled in America (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Exiled in America
director: Paul Leder actor: Maxwell Caulfield / Edward Albert …
A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a Christian sanctuary movement. His wife gets a job at a local diner run by one of the town's shadier women, and soon a CIA assassination team shows up, looking for him.
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Nightjohn (1996) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Nightjohn
director: Charles Burnett actor: Beau Bridges / Carl Lumbly …
other title: Lettere per la libertà / Das Ende der Nacht
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom.
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Always Outnumbered (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Always Outnumbered
director: Michael Apted actor: Laurence Fishburne / Daniel Williams …
other title: Vite difficili / La rage de survivre …
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.
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Dominick and Eugene (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Dominick and Eugene
director: Robert M. Young actor: Tom Hulce / Ray Liotta …
other title: Nick & Gino / Dominick & Eugene …
Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must decide between his devotion to his brother, or his need to go away to complete his training. Things are also not helped by Dominick's co-worker, or Eugene's budding romance.
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Out There (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Out There
director: Sam Irvin actor: Billy Campbell / Wendy Schaal …
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he discovers some undeveloped film in it, including photos of an apparent alien abduction. When he goes public with the photos, he garners the attention of his former boss, the government and a woman who thinks her father was the abductee.
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Hard Luck (2006) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Hard Luck
director: Mario Van Peebles actor: Wesley Snipes / Jackie Quinones …
other title: Hard Luck - Uno strano scherzo del destino / Má Sorte …
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
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Suspect (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Suspect
director: Peter Yates actor: Cher / Dennis Quaid …
other title: Suspect - Presunto colpevole / Under mistanke …
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.
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Black Water Transit (2009) [Movie] TMDB
Black Water Transit
director: Tony Kaye actor: Laurence Fishburne / Karl Urban …
In this action thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, business owner Jack Vermillion (Laurence Fishburne) is struggling to run a legitimate shipping company while bad guy Ernest Pike (Karl Urban) is struggling to get his family's illegal gun collection out of the country. When their paths collide, Jack realizes that exposing Pike might get him just the sway he needs to persuade law enforcement officials to treat his imprisoned son kindly.
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The Ultimate Gift (2007) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
The Ultimate Gift
director: Michael O. Sajbel actor: Drew Fuller / Abigail Breslin …
other title: L'ultimo regalo / En Gave for Livet …
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.
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New Jack City (1991) [Movie] TMDB Skybridge IMDb
New Jack City
director: Mario Van Peebles actor: Wesley Snipes / Ice-T …
other title: New Jack City - A Gangue Brutal / A Cidade do Novo Paraíso
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
director: Danny Cannon actor: Jennifer Love Hewitt / Freddie Prinze Jr. …
other title: Incubo finale / Ainda Sei o Que Fizeste no Verão Passado …
Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her. When her best friend Karla wins free tickets to the Bahamas, Julie finds this a perfect opportunity to finally relax. But someone is waiting for her. Someone who she thought was dead. Someone who is out again for revenge.
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The Color of Money (1986) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Fantastika IMDb Skybridge Douban WikiData
The Color of Money
director: Martin Scorsese actor: Paul Newman / Tom Cruise …
other title: Il colore dei soldi / Det handler om penge …
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
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Bird (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Bird
director: Clint Eastwood actor: Anna Thomson / Forest Whitaker …
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.