Philip Michael Thomas
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Biography: Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26, 1949) is a retired American actor and musician, best known for his role as detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin (1975) and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle. After his success in Miami Vice, he appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and advertisements for telephone psychic services. He also voiced the character Lance Vance in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: May 26, 1949
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Male
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Lawman Without a Gun
Overview: During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-30
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Sparkle
Overview: Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-07
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Hey Good Lookin'
Overview: An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Coonskin
Overview: Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Genres: Drama Animation Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-20
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Stigma
Overview: A black doctor ex-convict returns to the all-white town he knows as home and discovers a deadly disease threatening the citizens. He must fight prejudice and time if he is to save the town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-18
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Fate
Overview: Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. Two detectives are on the trail of a bizarre murderer intent on slaughtering his victims, then using them as real-life puppets in a tale that he is trying to tell.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-14
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Death Drug
Overview: A young man in Los Angeles dreams of striking it big as a singer in the music business. One day he gets signed to a big record contract, but along with the fame and money he develops an addiction to the drug PCP.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Mr. Ricco
Overview: Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era’s Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn’t behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco’s office assistant.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-31
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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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Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
Overview: Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York City cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their respective partners.
Genres: Drama Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-16
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No Family Without Blood
Overview: After a C-suite executive, at a family-owned business, fails in attempts for a hostile takeover, he persuades a third of the managerial staff to travel to the corporation's newest regional territory for a strong initiation of a rival start-up organization. Stakes rise as employees within the new territory are now in danger of losing their positions, homes, stability, and quality of life. In an emergency company board meeting, the CEO presents a plan to embark upon the dangerous mission of going undercover to save the family's company and recover the loss.
Genres: Drama Mystery Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-01
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Overview: A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-05
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The Beasts Are on the Streets
Overview: Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-18
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Black Fist
Overview: To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-31
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Loose Change
Overview: Three girlfriends -- an author, an artist, and a political activist -- mature and change during the turbulent 1960s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-26
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The Fungi Man
Overview: Racial conflicts, love triangles and the awakening of passion will lead to disaster for a decadent aristocratic family in the newly independent Mexico.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-09-02
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Overview: The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so culture-jamtastic that we're sorry we can't be there to hold your hand as you watch in dazed amazement. Thousands of hours of brain-boiling footage have been concentrated into an impenetrable jewel of an experience, teach us once and for all that loving well is the best revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-03
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Miami Shakedown
Overview: This original story begins as multi-millionaire Alfred Stein is kept awash in liquor and bimbo as he bets over his head...not with it. He refuses to pay his tab of a million dollars to the criminal casino. He is soon shocked to discover Vivian, his bratty, tennis-playing teen daughter has been kidnapped by a smooth-of-skill but slight-of-bod professional, criminal-for-hire Caroline Horner. Alfred suddenly realizes how much his neglected daughter now means to him and makes a typically shrewd decision attesting to his ability to amass millions, and readily agrees to fork over an amount five times his original debt.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Overview: Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main anchor-person Brett Huston the interview is pulled. Mostly everybody hates Brett as Brett knows all the station workers secrets. He has also written a memo insulting all of the main station players - Vic St. John - the station manager, Twyla Cooper - the producer, Chuck Gilmore - the sports reporter, Gary Slate - the weatherman, Cassie Woodfield - the reporter and Gillian Pope. Brett is shot dead with Gillian's gun and therefore is arrested for the crime. Gillian calls in Perry, Della and Ken to investigate. As Della and Perry set out to solve the mystery, Ken gets close to Cassie but she is a suspect and when it appears that somebody is trying to kill her, the mystery deepens..
Genres: Drama TV Movie Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-06
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The Wizard of Speed and Time
Overview: A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownst to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he won't come up with anything with a use. Luckily, our film creator gets the help of his friends.
Genres: Drama Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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Valentine
Overview: A feisty widow falls in love with a zestful widower in a retirement community, much to the disapproval of her married daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-07
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False Witness
Overview: An assistant district attorney's (Phylicia Rashad) co-worker lover (Philip Michael Thomas) plans to prove her wrong about a case.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-23
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The Dark
Overview: At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-27
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A Little Piece of Sunshine
Overview: Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-17
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A Fight for Jenny
Overview: When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-06
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Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
Overview: Charlie Barnett shows you how to succeed in college without trying.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-31
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Toma
Overview: This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia numbers racket.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-21
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Miami Vice: Freefall
Overview: Crockett and Tubbs, figuring they're on their way out, are recruited by the government to help a dictator escape from his war-torn country - with double-crosses at every turn.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-21
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Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
Overview: Crockett and Tubbs head to New York to track down a Colombian drug family that is killing Federal agents, but find that they have enemies on both sides of the law.
Genres: Crime Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-27
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