Carl Lumbly
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Biography: Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as television's first black superhero in M.A.N.T.I.S., Dick Hallorann in Doctor Sleep, NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama Cagney & Lacey, CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC espionage drama series Alias, and as the voice of J'onn J'onnz / Martian Manhunter in the animated series Justice League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited, all part of the DC Animated Universe. As a reference to his voice work as J'onn, Lumbly portrayed J'onn J'onnz's father, M'yrnn, on The CW's Arrowverse on Supergirl from 2017 until 2019. He also plays Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super-soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025). He was married to Vonetta McGee from 1987 until her death in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Lumbly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Birthday: August 14, 1951
Adult: No
Gender: Male
TMDb-Id: 29382
IMDb-Id: nm0525855
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Pacific Heights
Overview: A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-28
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Overview: Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-10
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Everybody's All-American
Overview: Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-04
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Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Overview: Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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The Bedroom Window
Overview: Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-16
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Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Overview: In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.
Genres: Action Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-18
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Caveman
Overview: Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-17
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Overview: Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the first president of the Republic of Namibia.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-27
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Justice League: Doom
Overview: An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
Genres: Action Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-28
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Moe's World
Overview: The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the working-class neighborhood he left behind.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-14
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Just a Dream
Overview: Film crew arrives in a small town in Nevada desert. Ends up changing the life of a 12-year-old kid and a friend of his, a movie lover.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-16
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Sounder
Overview: This is a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression era of the South. "Boy" (Daniel Lee Robertson III) learns the hard way about the realities of being black, poor and unable to read. But he also learns about the deep love of family, the long-suffering loyalty of a dog and the importance of words, faith, stories & truth.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-19
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I'm Charlie Walker
Overview: 1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-10
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Buffalo Soldiers
Overview: They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, they must walk through it instead of ride. The town dishonors them but the soldiers' Native-American foes do not. Apache leader Victoria and other warriors give the horsemen a name of honor and strength: "Buffalo Soldiers". The troopers' daring hunt for Victorio frames this stirring tribute to the former slaves and other African-Americans of the 9th and 10th U.S. Calvary Regiments. Danny Glover, Mykelti Williamson, Glynn Turman, Carl Lumbly and Michael Warren star in an adventure bringing to light that largely unknown story and the unique moral dilemma the men faced. Atten-hut! "Buffalo Soldiers are riding" through town.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-07
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Brother Future
Overview: A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-03
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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Overview: A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-16
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To Sleep with Anger
Overview: An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-12
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The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Overview: Based on the memoirs of Yvonne S. Thornton, this heartwarming, inspirational family drama centers on a poor black laborer who wanted his six daughters to grow up to be doctors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-23
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The Life of Chuck
Overview: A story told in reverse, starting with the end of Chuck Krantz's life, and moving back in time to show how he lived that life.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-30
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Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Overview: When the Thanagarians visit Earth, Hawkgirl is forced to choose between loyalty to her people and love for her friends on her adopted planet Earth.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-13
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The Wedding
Overview: Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-22
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The Color of Friendship
Overview: Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
Genres: TV Movie Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-05
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Captain America: Brave New World
Overview: After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-12
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Overview: Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-14
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Nominated
Overview: A fickle Hollywood star just nominated for an Oscar is banished to a small town by his agent to avoid bad press during the Oscar voting and finds that the connections he makes are more valuable than any trophy he could win.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Justice League: Secret Origins
Overview: When global catastrophe strikes, the World's Greatest Super Heroes answer the call to join Justice League. Justice League works together as a team to overcome a dangerous array of intersteller invaders and world conquering megalomaniacs.
Genres: Science Fiction Animation Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-17
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Undercover with the KKK
Overview: The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during the trial of several Klansmen for crimes of destruction and murder.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-23
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Justice League: Paradise Lost
Overview: Wonder Woman returns to Paradise Island after her abrupt departure, only to find the Amazons turned to stone. Sorcerer Felix Faust demands three mystical artifacts as the ransom.
Genres: Fantasy Action Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-22
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Love Twice
Overview: "What do you do when the spark touches down-brief and hot?" So begins award-winning director Rob Nilsson's (Permission to Touch, MVFF 2015; A Bridge to a Border, MVFF 2014) provocative meditation on the Möbius relationship of fiction to reality, and the notion of creative control. In Love Twice, Luz and Ken are star-crossed lovers in screenwriter Sal's script, until their desire takes shape, inscribing itself into a movie of their own design. Risking his sanity to save the screenplay, Sal struggles to regain control of his characters and satisfy the demands of his producer Lester (legendary Velvet Underground founder John Cale), driving a wedge between the lovers with a desperate attempt to seduce Luz.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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A Cure for Wellness
Overview: An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-15
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Escape from Alcatraz
Overview: San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-22
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America's Dream
Overview: Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-17
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The Gospel at Colonus
Overview: An African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In 1985 PBS televised the original Brooklyn Academy of Music production, as presented by the American Music Theater Festival at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, as part of the Great Performances series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-08
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Out of Darkness
Overview: Diana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-16
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Eyes of a Witness
Overview: Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering protected species, then raiding Masai villages and forcing them to help carry their ill-gotten gains across the border. Roy flies to Kenya to convince her to leave and becomes a suspect for murder when the village is raided and he tries to help a UN doctor shot by the raiders. The only witness is a young Masai boy, who is reluctant to come forward because of possible retribution against his tribe.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-30
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Lifepod
Overview: The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew and passengers to abandon ship. A handful of people are trapped onboard.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Back to the Streets of San Francisco
Overview: Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an investigation. At the same time, he is investigating another brutal murder. And he is trying to decide which of two inspectors shall he recommend for the position of Lieutenant; a woman who has a "Dirty Harry" tendency or a man who reminds him of Steve Keller.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-27
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Overview: In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels and the retribution lynching of more than 200 innocent slaves. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property examines how the story of Turner’s revolt has been interpreted throughout history and how it continues to raise new questions about the nature of terrorism and other forms of violent resistance to oppression. The film adopts an innovative structure by interspersing documentary footage and interviews with dramatizations of these different versions of Turner’s story. A unique collaboration between MacArthur Genius Award feature director Charles Burnett, acclaimed historian of slavery Kenneth S. Greenberg and Academy Award-nominated documentary producer Frank Christopher, Nat Turner is a compelling look at one of history’s most mysterious figures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-16
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Overview: American Experience
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Nightjohn
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-01
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Little Richard
Overview: The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a Black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-20
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Black Panther
Overview: Black Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, and extraordinary fighting ability he must protect his nation from an invasion led by Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-18
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Border Line
Overview: Allison Westlin, a Los Angeles-based immigration lawyer and single mother, investigates a murder with the help of private detective Mario Sparks and INS officer Dan McIvers. As the investigation continues and Westlin uncovers a human-smuggling ring, Westlin's nanny Maria jeopardizes her life to protect Westlin and her daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-22
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On Promised Land
Overview: In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the land to keep the family working for them, putting the transfer of the land in doubt.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-17
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Warming by the Devil's Fire
Overview: Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.
Genres: Documentary Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-01
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Doctor Sleep
Overview: Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".
Genres: Horror Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-30
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Men of Honor
Overview: Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-13
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Overview: The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-04
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Overview: An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-23
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South Central
Overview: During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-18
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Quitters
Overview: The story of the Raymans, a wealthy Jewish family that's falling apart. The son, Clark, is a bright and curious high schooler with a talent for manipulation. As his mother May enters treatment for a pill addiction, and he and his father Roger stop getting along, Clark thinks about running away from home. He just needs to decide where to go.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-16
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M.A.N.T.I.S.
Overview: A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-24
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The Alphabet Killer
Overview: Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-07
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Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Overview: 1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-06
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Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Overview: When Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon, as an involuntary organ donor to save his dying wife, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can begin.
Genres: Animation Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-11
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