Movies by Yaphet Kotto
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Witless Protection (2008)
Cast: Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Milicevic, Yaphet Kotto …
Directed by: Charles Robert Carner
In an attempt to play hero, a bumbling small-town deputy "saves" a well-heeled woman from the four men holding her hostage. The fact that her captors were FBI agents never crossed his mind --…
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Stiletto Dance (2001)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Shawn Doyle, Romano Orzari …
Directed by: Mario Azzopardi
A taut action thriller that's fit for a spin. Buffalo police detective Eric Roberts and his partner (Romano Orzari) are determined to put Russian mobsters behind bars. While…
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Homicide: The Movie (2000)
Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer …
Directed by: Jean de Segonzac
Former Homicide Shift Commander Al "G" Giardello (Yaphet Kotto), now the leading candidate for mayor of Baltimore, is gunned down while presenting a speech. Baltimore Police Department's…
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The Ride (2000)
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Vince Corazza, Rachael Crawford …
Directed by: Steve DiMarco
Prizefighter turned cabbie Carter Hicks (Yaphet Kotto) and four other drivers at Toronto's City Cab reexamine their lives over the course of one life-changing weekend in this provocative…
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Two If by Sea (1996)
Cast: Denis Leary, Sandra Bullock, Jonny Fido …
Directed by: Bill Bennett
Before petty thief Frank O'Brien (Denis Leary) retires, he wants to pull off one last job. For his grand finale, he enlists the aid of his long-term girlfriend, Roz (Sandra Bullock), to…
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Out-of-Sync (1995)
Cast: LL Cool J, Victoria Dillard, Howard Hesseman …
Directed by: Debbie Allen
Talented disc jockey Jason St. Julian (LL Cool J) gave up a promising career when he took the fall for a mob boss (Ramy Zada) and ended up in jail. Now, in an attempt to go straight, Julian…
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The Puppet Masters (1994)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner …
Directed by: Stuart Orme
When a flying saucer reportedly lands in rural Iowa, The Old Man (Donald Sutherland) who runs a secret branch of the CIA must investigate. Accompanied by fellow CIA agents Sam and Jarvis, as…
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Extreme Justice (1993)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
After an impetuous Los Angeles detective is suspended, he's recruited to remove violent repeat offenders from the streets by any means necessary. But he soon learns that the price of…
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Intent to Kill (1993)
Cast: Traci Lords, Yaphet Kotto, Scott Patterson …
Directed by: Charles T. Kanganis
Vicki (Traci Lords) is one tough cookie, no doubt about it. Born into the brutal world of drugs and violence, she now leads a police action against a cocaine dealer named Salvador. And…
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Almost Blue (1992)
Cast: Michael Madsen, Lynette Walden, Garrett Morris …
Directed by: Keoni Waxman
Brilliant jazz saxophonist Morris Poole (Michael Madsen) has an active and rising career underway until his wife's death -- an accident that he blames on himself -- leaves him so…
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Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
Cast: Ken Abraham, John Schneider, James Tolkan …
Directed by: Peter Maris
A Vietnam vet who had renounced violence to become a minister, David Miller (John Schneider) regains his killer instinct through intense training after a terrorist slaughters his wife and…
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Midnight Run (1988)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto …
Directed by: Martin Brest
Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is an ex-cop turned bounty hunter who's offered $100,000 to transport prisoner Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) -- an accountant who embezzled…
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The Running Man (1987)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura …
Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser
In a postapocalyptic world, the government frames Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) for a bloody massacre. He's given the option of staying in jail for life or participating in a…
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The Running Man: Full Screen Version (1987)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura …
Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser
This disc includes the full screen version of the film.
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Eye of the Tiger (1986)
Cast: Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Buck Matthews (Gary Busey) was convicted of a crime he didn't commit. After serving his time in prison, he heads to his home in the country with just one desire: to live a quiet, normal…
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Warning Sign (1985)
Cast: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto …
Directed by: Hal Barwood
When a deadly strain of bacteria breaks loose inside a top secret laboratory, a military containment squad appears out of nowhere to lock down the sprawling complex. But as soon as local…
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The Star Chamber (1983)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto …
Directed by: Peter Hyams
After seeing countless thugs turned loose thanks to legal loopholes or extraneous details, Judge Steve Hardin (Michael Douglas) accepts elder associate Benjamin Caulfield's (Hal…
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Fighting Back (1982)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin …
Directed by: Lewis Teague
This violent revenge tale stars Tom Skerritt as John D'Angelo, a mad-as-hell Philadelphia shopkeeper who organizes a neighborhood patrol after a brutal crime wave turns the once-peaceful…
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Brubaker (1980)
Cast: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
When new prison warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) goes undercover in a state penitentiary, he's horrified by what he sees: Prisoners are being sold as slaves, and decent food…
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Alien: Collector's Edition (1979)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, a warrant officer who stares down one of the most terrifying movie monsters of all time: a bloodthirsty alien that…
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Blue Collar (1978)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto …
Directed by: Paul Schrader
When Detroit autoworkers Jerry (Harvey Keitel), Smokey (Yaphet Kotto) and Zeke (Richard Pryor in a rare and brilliant dramatic performance) find bills piling up and pressures bearing down,…
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The Monkey Hustle (1976)
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Rosalind Cash …
Directed by: Arthur Marks
Daddy Foxx (Yaphet Kotto, in a rare leading role) is a natural when it comes to scheming and scamming, and that keeps him one step ahead of the competition in his Windy City ghetto. But…
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Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Cast: Peter Finch, Martin Balsam, Horst Buchholz …
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Peter Finch, Charles Bronson and Yaphet Kotto star in this docudrama about the 1976 Israeli commando rescue of Jewish passengers of an Air France plane hijacked by Palestinian and German…
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Drum (1976)
Cast: Warren Oates, Ken Norton, Pam Grier …
Directed by: Steve Carver
Set in the pre-Civil War South, this passionate drama focuses on the triumphs and tribulations of Drum (Ken Norton), a slave who becomes a ferocious pit fighter as well as a charismatic…
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Friday Foster (1975)
Cast: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge …
Directed by: Arthur Marks
Assigned to snap pictures of the reclusive Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala) -- America's wealthiest black man -- photographer Friday Foster (Pam Grier) turns into a two-fisted avenger when…
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Truck Turner (1974)
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Scatman Crothers, Paul Harris …
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Truck (Isaac Hayes), an ex-football star working as a bounty hunter, is on the trail of a violent pimp named Gator (Paul Harris). But when Truck and his partner finally get their man,…
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Live and Let Die (1973)
Cast: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour …
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Roger Moore debuts as suave secret agent James Bond, who's sent to the United States to go after a master criminal scheming to take over the country by turning the populace into heroin…
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Across 110th Street (1972)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Bernard …
Directed by: Barry Shear
A trio of Harlem homeboys disguised as police knocks off a Mafia numbers house, pocketing $300,000 and gunning down a few cops in the process. It's up to a shifty white detective…
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Bone (1972)
Cast: Yaphet Kotto, Andrew Duggan, Joyce Van Patten …
Directed by: Larry Cohen
A well-known car dealer named Bill (Andrew Duggan) and his wife, Bernadette (Joyce Van Patten), must face their fears and confront their own demons when Bone (Yaphet Kotto), an intruder with…
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Man and Boy (1971)
Cast: Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
After the Civil War, African-American veteran Caleb Revers (Bill Cosby, in his first full-length feature role) heads for Arizona to homestead with his wife (Gloria Foster) and son (George…
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Five Card Stud (1968)
Cast: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
In this Old West tale of vigilante justice, a cardsharp caught cheating is hanged by enraged players, despite the objections of gambler Van Morgan (Dean Martin). But paranoia soon grips the…
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Nothing But a Man (1964)
Cast: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris …
Directed by: Michael Roemer
Inspired by the turbulence of the growing civil rights movement, this independent film centers on Duff (Ivan Dixon), a railroad worker from the wrong side of the tracks who falls in love with…