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Richard Roundtree
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Richard Roundtree - what members say
review by A customer from St Albans, England.
Oh Dear. 27 September 2007
review by A customer from Edinburgh, Scotland
And more again 19 July 2004
review by from Edinburgh, Scotland
End of the road for Shaft 16 August 2004
Richard Roundtree - filmography
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Speed Racer - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Kick Gurry, Ji Moon Jung, Roger Allam
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Certificate: 
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Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure Speed Racer, combining heartfelt family humor and groundbreaking visual effects. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel ofhis thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan ..read more »
 
57%
from 3,169 members
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Final Approach
(2007)
Starring: Dean Cain, William Forsythe, Tracey Gold
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Certificate: 
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who threaten to detonate a nuclear weapon unless they receive ..read more »
46%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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The Closer - Season 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds
Director: Arvin Brown, James Duff, Michael M. Robin
Certificate: 
Brenda Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick, THE WOODSMAN, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY) arrives from Atlanta to head up the LAPD's Priority Homicide Division, a unit that specialises in sensitive, high-profile criminal cases. Almost immediately, her mix of brassy toughness and Southern sass begins to rub the ..read more »
78%
from 1,025 member
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Al's Lads
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Marc Warren, Marc Warren, Ralf Little
Director: Richard Standeven
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America, often seen as a land of opportunity, could offer no prosperity as the Roaring 1920s gave way to the Great Depression. The one field that excelled, of course, was the mafia and that is exactly where three British ship waiters turn when their boat lands in the States. Jimmy (Marc Warren) and ..read more »
53%
from 212 members
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Anti-Trust
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Ryan Phillippe, Claire Forlani
Director: Peter Howitt
Certificate:
Stanford grad Milo Hoffman (Ryan Phillippe) and his equally talented friend, Teddy (Yee Jee Tso), intend to form an Internet start-up and take the world by storm. That all changes when Milo is courted by deceptively friendly software magnate Gary Winston (Tim Robbins), the immensely wealthy head of ..read more »
60%
from 1,525 member
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Corky Romano
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Christopher Penn, Peter Berg, Richard Roundtree
Director: Rob Pritts
Certificate: 
Over the years, television's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has been the playground and jumping off point for an impressive number of comic superstars who nimbly made the transition from television to the big screen, including John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Steve Martin. Recently that tradition has continued ..read more »
55%
from 343 members
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Shaft
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Richard Roundtree
Director: John Singleton
Certificate: 
Samuel L. Jackson stars as detective John Shaft, a new-generation "black private dick who's a sex machine with all the chicks" in this stylish, action-packed update of the classic blaxploitation trilogy (SHAFT, SHAFT'S BIG SCORE!, and SHAFT IN AFRICA) from the early 1970s. Shaft's nemesis this time ..read more »
60%
from 5,841 members
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George Of The Jungle
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Richard Roundtree, John Bennett Perry, Abraham Benrubi
Director: Sam Weisman
Certificate: 
Jay Ward's fondly-remembered cartoon series about a klutzy king of the jungle gets the big-screen, live-action treatment in this comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. A young boy named George becomes lost in the jungles of the African nation of Bukuvu following a plane crash, where he's rescued and ..read more »
60%
from 7,067 members
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Steel
(1997)
Starring: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Richard Roundtree
Director: Kenneth Johnson
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John Henry Irons is a weapons designer for the United States military. When his project to create weapons that harmlessly neutralize soldiers is eradicated, he resigns in disgust. When he sees criminal gangs are using the weapons that he helped manufacture on the street, he uses his resources and ..read more »
60%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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Fist Of Justice
(1993)
Starring: Marjean Holden, Cory Everson, Joel Beeson
Director: Kim Bass
Certificate:
A female cop and martial arts expert, working undercover, is set up for a murder. With the help of her brother and father she must fight to clear her name...
31%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Bad Jim
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: James Brolin, Richard Roundtree, John Clark Gable
Director: Clyde Ware
Certificate:
When three cowhands, John T. (John Clark Gable), B.D. (James Brolin, Catch Me If You Can, Westworld, Traffic), and July (Richard Roundtree, Brick, Shaft), are offered a magnificent Sorrel stallion in exchange for one of their mangy cowponies, they are naturally suspicious. It all becomes clear, ..read more »
53%
from 9 members
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Maniac Cop
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Tom Atkins
Director: William Lustig
Certificate:
New York is being terrorised by a series of grim mutilation murders. The public is outraged when it is discovered that the killer is a cop. Innocent policemen are killed by a panic-stricken public. The city is in an uproar and needs to be rid of the menace...
56%
from 1,068 member
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Maniac Cop - Blu-ray
(1988)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Tom Atkins
Director: William Lustig
Certificate:
New York is being terrorised by a series of grim mutilation murders. The public is outraged when it is discovered that the killer is a cop. Innocent policemen are killed by a panic-stricken public. The city is in an uproar and needs to be rid of the menace...
58%
from 17 members
Currently unavailable
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Angel 3 - The Search
(1988)
Starring: Mitzi Kapture, Maud Adams, Richard Roundtree
Director: Tom De Simone
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Angel returns to the streets in an effort to find her missing sister. While undercover, she discovers that a high-powered madame runs a white slavery ring in partnership with a man named Mahajaan. When Angel discovers that her sister is in their hands and about to be sold she races desperately to ..read more »
37%
from 80 members
Not currently released
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City Heat
(1984)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn
Director: Richard Benjamin
Certificate:
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Kansas City 1930's. Prohibition rules and the mobs run the streets. Clint Eastwood is hard-nosed Lt. Speer, a cop with an unhealthy disrespect for Private Investigators who do things their own way. Burt Reynolds is Mike Murphy, a P.I. who does what he likes and doesn't mind letting Speer know it.
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61%
from 924 members
Not currently released
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Killpoint
(1984)
Starring: Leo Fong, Richard Roundtree, Cameron Mitchell
Director: Frank Harris
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An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.
25%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Q: The Winged Serpent
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Micheal Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine
Director: Larry Cohen
Certificate:
Jimmy Quinn is a small-time crook who finds a mysterious nest in the spire of the Chrysler Building. Meanwhile, chaos is breaking out in New York as people have their heads bitten off and body parts are seen strewn across the streets...
57%
from 778 members
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Escape To Athena
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Certificate:
On a Greek island during World War II, a diverse group of POWs come up with a plan to escape from their Nazi captors--and retrieve valuable stolen art at the same time. Although an unlikely ally comes to the aid of the prisoners, there is no guarantee that they will succeed in their missions. Will ..read more »
58%
from 778 members
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Escape To Athena - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Certificate:
On a Greek island during World War II, a diverse group of POWs come up with a plan to escape from their Nazi captors--and retrieve valuable stolen art at the same time. Although an unlikely ally comes to the aid of the prisoners, there is no guarantee that they will succeed in their missions. Will ..read more »
58%
from 118 members
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Portrait Of A Hitman
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Jack Palance, Richard Roundtree, Rod Steiger
Director: Allan A. Buckhantz
Certificate:
Portrait Of A Hitman
A hitman is contracted to kill a surgeon who turns out to be an old friend.
Hangmen
Danny's daydreams of the rugged lifestyle of his estranged father turn to terrifying reality when he gets mixed up in a power struggle between his father (an undercover operative) and the ..read more »
40%
from 68 members
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Earthquake
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy
Director: Mark Robson
Certificate:
This essential 1970s disaster epic, with a script co-authored by Mario Puzo (THE GODFATHER), centers around a devastating earthquake in Los Angeles and the shocking aftermath it causes. The all-star cast is led by Charleton Heston as a construction engineer whose marital problems supply him with ..read more »
58%
from 811 members
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Charley-One-Eye
(1973)
Starring: Richard Roundtree, Nigel Davenport, Roy Thinnes
Director: Don Chaffey
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An unconventional Western, almost a drama. In the sun-baked Mexican countryside a black-American deserter and an American 'Red Indian' meet and decide to find a new life by farming together. Unfortunately, the outside world has other ideas.
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Shaft
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Gwenn Mitchell, Christopher St. John, Richard Roundtree
Director: Gordon Parks
Certificate:
Richard Roundtree cuts a startlingly new and powerful heroic figure as John Shaft, the cat who won't cop out, when there's danger all about in Gordon Parks' seminal action film, Shaft. John Shaft is a black private eye with a small office near Times Square. On his way there one day, he gets pumped ..read more »
57%
from 1,488 member
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Bloodfist 1-4
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Richard Roundtree
Director: Paul Ziller, Terence H. Winkless
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This collection features the first 4 films in the BLOODFIST series.BLOODFIST 1; When his brother is murdered after a kickboxing match, Jake vows revenge and heads for Manila hoping to find those who killed his brother. Once there, a world of violence and deception envelops him.BLOODFIST 2; After ..read more »
50%
from 43 members
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Man Friday
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate:
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Adrian Mitchell's screenplay is a take-off on the Defoe classic, 'Robinson Crusoe'. This version finds Friday revolting against white supremacy and Crusoe losing the man-to-man conflict for human dignity.
50%
from 25 members
Not available for rental
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...I'll be honest, I rented this because it had Bruce Campbell and Richard Roundtree in it. Ash from Evil Dead AND Shaft? Excellent 80s schlock poster? It'll be a blast!
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