Bill Cobbs — Actor (14)
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Tuesday Morning Ride (1995) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tuesday Morning Ride
director: Dianne Houston actor: Vivian Bonnell / Bill Cobbs …
Tuesday Morning Ride is based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy" by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Set in the 1930s, the story depicts an old man and woman -- he a stroke victim, she blind -- who feel they have nothing to live for since their children do not visit. They decide to put on their finest clothing and take a final ride in their car -- with no turning back. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Thrill (1996) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Thrill
director: Sam Pillsbury actor: Antonio Sabàto Jr. / Stepfanie Kramer …
other title: Achterbahn des Schreckens / Panique sur le grand huit
A disgruntled worker rigs a bomb, triggered by a motion sensor, on the roller coaster at a financially troubled amusement park.
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Decoration Day (1990) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Decoration Day
director: Robert Markowitz actor: James Garner / Judith Ivey …
other title: 데코레이션 데이 / Purple Heart - Die Stunde des Helden …
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
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Of Mind and Music (2014) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Of Mind and Music
director: Richie Adams actor: Joaquim de Almeida / Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor …
other title: Sonoras Lembranças / 心靈與音樂 …
Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption and reward by helping Una Vida, a jazz singer he discovers performing on the streets of New Orleans. Her health declining and her singing partner and her adopted daughter unable to help, Cruz seeks out her long lost son in an effort to bring resolution to the grief, loss and longing that has overshadowed her hard but beautiful life.
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Out There (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Out There
director: Sam Irvin actor: 比利·坎贝尔 / 温迪·沙尔 …
other title: 에어리언의 위장침투
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he discovers some undeveloped film in it, including photos of an apparent alien abduction. When he goes public with the photos, he garners the attention of his former boss, the government and a woman who thinks her father was the abductee.
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Dear Secret Santa (2013) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dear Secret Santa
director: Peter Sullivan actor: 塔缇娜·阿里 / 比尔·科布斯 …
other title: Mon Père Noël Secret / Mon Père Noël secret
Beverly Hills banker/workaholic Jennifer comes home to her small Northern California town just before Christmas when her dad, Ted, takes a bad fall while putting up decorations. While home, Jenny begins getting romantic Christmas cards from an unknown admirer, who turns out to be her old neighbor and the unrealized love of her life, Jack. There's just one problem - Jack died in a car accident three years ago.
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Carolina Skeletons (1991) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Carolina Skeletons
director: John Erman actor: Louis Gossett Jr. / Bruce Dern …
other title: 铁案风云 / Un Coupable Idéal …
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...