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Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn was an American actor, best known for his roles in films such as "Shaft" and "Ragtime", as well as his stage work, including "A Raisin in the Sun" and "The Great White Hope". He earned critical acclaim for his performances and was widely regarded as a trailblazer for black actors in Hollywood. Gunn passed away in 1993 at the age of 64.

Titles credited to Moses Gunn

The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7.7

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

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The NeverEnding Story

Die unendliche Geschichte

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a you...

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Ragtime

Ragtime

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

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The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.

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Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 6.8

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

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The Ninth Configuration

The Ninth Configuration

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1980 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Col. Vincent Kane is a military psychiatrist who takes charge of an army mental hospital situated in a secluded castle. Among Kane's many eccentric patients is Capt. Billy Cutshaw, a troubled astronau...

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Rollerball

Rollerball

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 6.6

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

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Shaft

Shaft

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

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Remember My Name

Remember My Name

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to start a new life, but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually...

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Shaft's Big Score!

Shaft's Big Score!

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 6

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

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