Vonetta McGee
Also Known As: Vonetta Lawrence McGee
Biography: Vonetta Lawrence McGee (January 14, 1945 – July 9, 2010) was an American actress. She debuted in the Spaghetti Western The Great Silence and went on to appear in blaxploitation films such as Hammer, Melinda, Blacula, Shaft in Africa, Detroit 9000, and 1974's Thomasine & Bushrod alongside her then-boyfriend Max Julien. In 1975, she was Clint Eastwood's co-star in The Eiger Sanction. She was a regular on the 1987 Universal Television situation comedy Bustin' Loose, starring as Mimi Shaw for its only season (1987–88). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vonetta McGee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: January 14, 1945
Deathday: July 09, 2010
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Gender: Female
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Shaft in Africa
Overview: Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-14
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The Eiger Sanction
Overview: A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-21
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Blacula
Overview: An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-25
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The Great Silence
Overview: A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-11-22
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Repo Man
Overview: A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-02
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Filming Silenzio
Overview: Featurette about the making of Sergio Corbucci's 'Il grande silenzio' consisting mostly of footage from 'Western Italian Style'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Stormy Weathers
Overview: Shepherd is the detective hired by an aristocratic Italian to locate a relative and thereby solve an ancient inheritance problem. As she sinks into the case, however, she finds out that there is much more to the case.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-04
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Hammer
Overview: Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-04
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Detroit 9000
Overview: After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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The Big Bust-Out
Overview: Seven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-05-25
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Western, Italian Style
Overview: A featurette (most likely shot for American television) about the Spaghetti Western genre during the late 60's and how it had affected Italy at that particular point in time. Contains behind-the-scenes footage from the films "Il Grande Silenzio" "Vado, Vedo e Sparo" "Ammazza Tutti e Torna Solo" and "Corri, Uomo, Corri" and interviews with their directors and cast.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Kremlin Letter
Overview: After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-01
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The Lost Man
Overview: A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-11
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Faustina
Overview: Faustina, the offspring of a black G.I. and a Roman woman who met during the conflict of World War II, must choose between two Italian men who desperately vie for her attention.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-10-10
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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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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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Melinda
Overview: A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-06
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The Norliss Tapes
Overview: A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-21
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Thomasine & Bushrod
Overview: A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
Genres: Western Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-10
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Brothers
Overview: Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-31
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Foxbat
Overview: In Hong Kong, a Chinese cook swallows a microfilm by accident and becomes a target.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-15
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Superdome
Overview: It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied with some serious off-the-field issues. Dave Walecki's marriage to his wife Nancy is falling apart, while Jim McCauley is involved in a shady deal with a management firm that could destroy his career. But that's nothing compared to the real drama. There's an assassin killing off many of the team's personnel (as well as their chances of winning)!
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-09
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Father of Hell Town
Overview: In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-06
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Scruples
Overview: Sequel to the 1980 mini-series, taking up the plot where it -- and Judith Krantz's source novel -- left off. Billy Ikehorn (Shelley Smith) is the owner of a chic Beverly Hills boutique against which romantic, corporate and political power plays unfold in the classic soap opera tradition. It was the pilot to a prospective series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-22
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Black August
Overview: The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-01
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The Man Next Door
Overview: Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-18
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Overview: Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very prominent women. One of them, actress Roxanne Shield, loses her composure during an interview and winds up making a televised death threat. Of course, when Ted is murdered, she is arrested. Witnesses claim they saw Roxanne outside his apartment that night and police later find the murder weapon in her car. Renowned defence attorney Perry Mason accepts the challenge of defending her in court.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-05
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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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You Must Remember This
Overview: An independent filmmaker has left his profession and keeps it a secret. Years later, his niece finds his old films in a locked trunk and discovers his strong principles when it came to supporting his actors and his art overall.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Black Hollywood
Overview: Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-28
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Johnny B Good
Overview: In an effort to impress the girl he loves, an amnesiac small time hustler uncovers political corruption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-04
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