Movies by Michael Beach
As part of the cast:
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Broken City (2013)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones …
Directed by: Allen Hughes
After private detective Billy Taggart informs the mayor of New York that his wife is having an affair, the woman's lover turns up dead. In short order, the PI learns that his mayor boss…
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Sparkle (2012)
Cast: Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke …
Directed by: Salim Akil
When three Detroit sisters rise to fame as a Motown girl group in the 1960s, their sudden success creates conflict that rips their lives apart. While she deals with her family's issues,…
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Justice for Natalee Holloway (2011)
Cast: Tracy Pollan, Stephen Amell, Scott Cohen …
Directed by: Stephen T. Kay
Four years after an American teen disappears in Aruba, her still-grieving mother is searching for answers -- and the person responsible for her pain. But repeated misinformation threatens to…
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A Fool and His Money (2011)
Cast: Michael Beach, Cindy Herron-Braggs, Chyna Layne …
Directed by: David E. Talbert
When the blue-collar Jordan family wins a radio contest for a million dollars, they quickly begin to realize that more money means more problems. It seems everybody wants a piece of their new…
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Relative Stranger (2009)
Cast: Eriq La Salle, Dan Castellaneta, Michael Michele …
Directed by: Charles Burnett
When his father dies, ex-football star Walter Clemons (Eriq La Salle) travels back to Los Angeles to settle the family estate, where he must confront the wife and children he abandoned in an…
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Pastor Brown (2009)
Cast: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Nicole Ari Parker, Keith David …
Directed by: Rockmond Dunbar
When charismatic Pastor Brown falls gravely ill, he passes the mantle of church leadership to his estranged daughter and erstwhile exotic dancer Jesse -- much to the dismay of the…
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Play Dead (2009)
Cast: Chris Klein, Fred Durst, Jake Busey …
Directed by: Jason Wiles
When washed-up television action star Ronnie Reno (Chris Klein) finds himself stranded in rural Nevada at the mercy of a murderous meth dealer (Jake Busey) and his gang, he calls on his…
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First Sunday (2008)
Cast: Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan, Chi McBride …
Directed by: David E. Talbert
Ham-fisted small-time crooks Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) find that they've bitten off more than they can chew when their plan to rob a church turns into a hostage…
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Hell Ride (2008)
Cast: Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen …
Directed by: Larry Bishop
When rival bikers savagely murder his woman, Pistolero (Larry Bishop) and his cohorts Comanche (Eric Balfour) and the Gent (Michael Madsen) round up the crew and take to the streets in search…
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Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
Cast: Jascha Washington, Michael Beach, Kel Mitchell …
Directed by: David Nelson, David Nelson
In this fast-paced sequel, basketball wannabe Jerome Jenkens Junior (Jascha Washington) is too young, too slow and too short, but when he dons a pair of Michael Jordan's old sneakers, he…
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Full Count (2006)
Cast: Josh Stewart, Austin Nichols, Jason Ritter …
Directed by: Jason Wiles
Jason Ritter and William Baldwin star in this intriguing thriller that centers on five small-town friends who risk everything to defend one of their own when a troubling secret surfaces to…
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Crazy as Hell (2002)
Cast: Eriq La Salle, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox …
Directed by: Eriq La Salle
Ty Adams (Mike Beach) is an outlaw psychiatrist whose nontraditional approach has made him a hero in some circles and a kook in others. He meets his intellectual match in a male patient (Eriq…
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Made Men (1999)
Cast: James Belushi, Timothy Dalton, Vanessa Angel …
Directed by: Louis Morneau
Former gangster Bill Manucci (James Belushi) is part of the federal Witness Protection Program, hiding in the small, redneck town of Harmony. But his reconstructed life falls apart when he…
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Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow …
Directed by: John Raffo
Crime-scene photographer Johnny Scardino (Peter Gallagher) has become so emotionally detached from his work that he doesn't mind dabbling in blackmail on the side, acting as a hired…
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Asunder (1998)
Cast: Blair Underwood, Debbi Morgan, Michael Beach …
Directed by: Tim Reid
Chance (Blair Underwood) is a photographer who, troubled by the death of his wife and unborn child in a freak accident, accepts an offer from his friend Michael to stay with him and his wife…
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Ruby Bridges (1998)
Cast: Chaz Monet, Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Pollak …
Directed by: Euzhan Palcy
Director Euzhan Palcy brings to the screen events that helped shape American history: the integration of an all-white school in the 1960s by first-grader Ruby Bridges (Chaz Monet).…
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Soul Food (1997)
Cast: Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long …
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to the…
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Casualties (1997)
Cast: Caroline Goodall, Mark Harmon, Michael Beach …
Directed by: Alex Graves
Trapped in a marriage to an abusive, violent husband, Annie Summers (Caroline Goodall) has given up trying to run away. Instead, she enrolls in a cooking class and strikes up a friendship…
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault (1996)
Cast: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach …
Directed by: Eriq La Salle
Earl "The Goat" Manigault was a playground basketball legend in Harlem, an idol to future NBA Hall of Famers. He could run like a gazelle and jump to heights no one thought possible…
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Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Cast: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine …
Directed by: Forest Whitaker
Holding their breath waiting for the elusive "good man," four female friends and confidants -- each one cheated on, mistreated and stepped on by less-than-stellar lovers -- talk it all out,…
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A Family Thing (1995)
Cast: Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Grace Zabriskie …
Directed by: Richard Pearce
When Arkansas native Earl (Robert Duvall) explores his past, he learns that his real mother was African American -- a shock. What's more, there's a half-brother named Ray (James…
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Bad Company (1995)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Ellen Barkin, Frank Langella …
Directed by: Damian Harris
A former CIA agent (Laurence Fishburne), at a loss for what to do after the Cold War's demise, joins a private industrial firm that specializes in business espionage activities. But what…
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One False Move (1991)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton …
Directed by: Carl Franklin
On a quest for cocaine and cash, two ex-cons and their lady cohort commit a series of killings in Los Angeles. They end up hiding out in Arkansas, unaware that awaiting them are two Los…
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Guilty as Charged (1991)
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lauren Hutton, Heather Graham …
Directed by: Sam Irvin
Ben Kallin (Rod Steiger) wants to see justice -- his kind of vigilante justice -- meted out to the man who killed his family. His instrument of retribution is his own private electric chair,…
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Internal Affairs (1990)
Cast: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
When a newly minted Internal Affairs investigator trains his crosshairs on a manipulative, corrupt cop who's been involved in police brutality for years, the pursuit of justice turns…
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Cadence (1990)
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Jay Brazeau …
Directed by: Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen directs his son Charlie Sheen in a military "war of wills" story concerning a rebellious white recruit befriended by African American prisoners at a West German Army base stockade.
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Dangerous Passion (1990)
Cast: Carl Weathers, Billy Dee Williams, Lonette McKee …
Directed by: Michael Miller
When an up-and-coming underworld figure (Carl Weathers) maneuvers out of harm's way after his employer frames him for an assassination, the lucky guy's given a promotion for his…
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Lean on Me (1989)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume …
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
When tough-talking principal Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with graffiti-covered walls and students wearing gang colors. But he's…
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Suspect (1987)
Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: Peter Yates
When a Supreme Court justice commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all signs point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But the public defender…