D'Urville Martin
D'Urville Martin (February 11, 1939 – May 28, 1984) was an American actor and director in both film and television. He appeared with regularity in numerous 1970s movies in the blaxploitation genre of films. Born in New York City, D'urville began his career in the mid 1960s,... Read full bio →
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Death Journey
A D.A. tasks a private detective to safely transport a mob trial witness from L.A. to N.Y. but hired killers are after them.
Blind Rage
Five friends get together and decide to plan an operation to rob a bank. The main difference between this and other bank-robbing gangs, however, is that all five men are blind.
Sheba, Baby
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
Dolemite
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
Boss Nigger
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
The Soul of Nigger Charley
After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.
Hell Up in Harlem
A Harlem gangster must rescue his ex-wife, who's been kidnapped by the Mafia.
Black Caesar
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
The Legend of Nigger Charley
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
The Final Comedown
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.
Watermelon Man
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary’s Baby is a classic physiological horror film from Roman Polanski about a young couple who move into a New York apartment to start a family and have a baby. Things soon turn ugly as Rosemary believes her baby isn’t safe around their strange neighbors.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.