Movies by Kevin Hooks
As part of the cast:
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Sounder (2003)
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass, Daniel Lee Robertson III …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
In this moving made-for-TV drama helmed by Kevin Hooks, a family of black sharecroppers in Depression-era Louisiana faces a crisis when the father (Carl Lumbly) is convicted of a petty crime…
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Innerspace (1987)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan …
Directed by: Joe Dante
A hell-raising Navy test pilot (Dennis Quaid) is miniaturized for a top-secret exploratory journey inside a laboratory rabbit -- but is instead injected into the body of a high-strung nebbish…
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott …
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Struggling with life in the ghetto, gifted young teen Benjie (Larry B. Scott) turns to heroin to escape his problems. But his troubles only multiply as the drug leads him down a dangerous…
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Sounder (1972)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in director Martin Ritt's poignant drama about the trials and tribulations of a family of…
As a director:
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Sounder (2003)
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass, Daniel Lee Robertson III …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
In this moving made-for-TV drama helmed by Kevin Hooks, a family of black sharecroppers in Depression-era Louisiana faces a crisis when the father (Carl Lumbly) is convicted of a petty crime…
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Black Dog (1998)
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Meat Loaf …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
This action yarn stars Patrick Swayze as unlicensed trucker Jack, who's tricked into transporting a cache of illegal assault weapons. But as soon as Jack hits the road, his boss's…
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Fled (1996)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
When a couple of prisoners find themselves cuffed together on a chain gang, they make a break for it in this action-adventure thriller. Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Dodge (Stephen Baldwin)…
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Passenger 57 (1992)
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Police officer-turned-air marshal John Cutter must stop notorious terrorist Charles Rane from killing hostages on board a flight that should have delivered Rane to jail in Los Angeles.
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Murder Without Motive (1992)
Cast: Anna Maria Horsford, Carla Gugino, Christopher Daniel Barnes …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Edmund Perry (Curtis L. McClarin), a brilliant black scholarship student at an exclusive prep school, is killed by a white undercover cop just days after graduation. The officer claims he was…
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Strictly Business (1991)
Cast: Tommy Davidson, Halle Berry, Joseph C. Phillips …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Streetwise joker Bobby (Tommy Davidson) is looking for a job beyond the company mailroom. His buddy, straitlaced exec Waymon (Joseph C. Phillips), is in a position to lend a hand, but in…
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Heat Wave (1990)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Christopher M. Brown, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Set in the Watts section of Los Angeles in the summer of 1965, this tense account of racial tensions boiling over boasts a sterling cast, including Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl…