Raymond St. Jacques
Also Known As: James Arthur Johnson
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Raymond St. Jacques (March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raymond St. Jacques, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 01, 1930
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 27, 1990
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Madigan
Overview: NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-29
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The Pawnbroker
Overview: A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-20
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The Green Berets
Overview: Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-04
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They Live
Overview: A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-04
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The Evil That Men Do
Overview: A former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer (Joseph Maher) employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-14
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Cotton Comes to Harlem
Overview: Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-27
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The Wild Pair
Overview: A strait-laced FBI agent and a hulking, big-hearted narcotics cop team up to track down a drug lord associated with a militant hate group.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-11
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Uptight
Overview: Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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Voodoo Dawn
Overview: Group of immigrant Haitian farm workers tries to fight off an evil Haitian voodoo priest who tries to kill them & use their body parts to make up a zombie army.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-01
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Come Back, Charleston Blue
Overview: Sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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Mister Buddwing
Overview: An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-15
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Lost in the Stars
Overview: A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-08
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Mister Moses
Overview: A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-12
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If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Overview: James Lake (Raymond St. Jacques) is an escaped black convict imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Leslie Whitlock (Kevin McCarthy) offers James money to kill his wife, Ellen (Dana Wynter). He declines and tries to look up his old flame Lily (Barbara McNair), but discovers his own brother is now married to the sultry nightclub singer. James returns to Leslie, and the trio travel towards a mountain retreat. James and Ellen escape and try to find the murderer who had framed James years before.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-08
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Book of Numbers
Overview: Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-10
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Search for the Gods
Overview: A valuable medallion believed to prove that aliens from outer space visited Earth in prehistoric times is sought.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-09
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Change of Mind
Overview: A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-08
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Born Again
Overview: Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-01
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The Comedians
Overview: American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-31
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Overview: The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-01
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The Baron
Overview: A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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James Weldon Johnson
Overview: A biography of James Weldon Johnson whose career included music, poetry, and public service. Includes a visualization of his poem The creation, with a reading by Raymond St. Jacques. Johnson, most known for his poem, “The Creation”, was active in civil rights, and was the first Black man admitted to the Florida Bar. This biography of Johnson includes a dramatic reading of “The Creation”. Johnson wrote the lyrics to "Life Every Voice and Sing".
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Dark Mansions
Overview: A woman hired to write the history of a wealthy family stays at the family's estate in Oregon. She discovers that she strongly resembles a long-dead ancestor in the family, and finds things happening to her that happened to--and led to the death of--that woman.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-23
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Black Like Me
Overview: Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Neighbors
Overview: Racial tensions come out of the woodwork when an upper-class white couple puts their suburban home on the market and the listing draws a pair of equally well-to-do African American buyers from Harlem. Fielder Cook directs this Broadway staging of playwright Arkady Leokum's exploration of lingering racial prejudice in 1970s America.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-18
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The Final Comedown
Overview: Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-31
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Secrets of Three Hungry Wives
Overview: When a millionaire playboy is murdered, suspicion falls on three married women, best friends, whom he had tried to play against each other in a game of divide and conquer.
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-09
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Timebomb
Overview: When someone tries to murder watchmaker Eddy Kay, the incident triggers a barrage of nightmares and flashbacks into a past that isn't his own. Fearing for his sanity, Eddy contacts psychiatrist Dr. Anna Nolmar for help. Anna thinks he's hallucinating until another attack proves the dangers are all too real. The two of them go on the run, trying to discover the truth about Eddie's past and true identity before it kills them.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-25
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The Monk
Overview: Underworld attorney Leo Barnes hires Gus Monk to safeguard a valuable envelope containing information on a mobster. Monk refuses — until he meets Mrs. Barnes and jumps on a merry-go-round of viciousness and murder.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-22
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Glory
Overview: Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-15
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