Buck and the Preacher (1972)

 

Directed by Sidney Poitier. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_and_the_Preacher 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/75367 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2010/11/buck-and-preacher-1972.html 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/87680/buck-and-the-preacher

Stir Crazy (1980)

 

Directed by Sidney Poitier. Found on Tubi. Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Barry Corbin, Craig T. Nelson, Jonathan Banks, JoBeth Williams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/stir-crazy-1980

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1064

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2017/07/1980-week-stir-crazy.html

A Piece of the Action (1977)

 

Directed by Sidney Poitier. Found on Tubi. Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke. The first two movies in this series have also been covered here: Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again. This one not as well received. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Piece_of_the_Action_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-piece-of-the-action-1977

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2015/06/uptown-saturday-night-1974-lets-do-it.html

Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

 

Directed by Sidney Poitier. Free with ads on Youtube. All three of these movies are free on Youtube at the moment. This series was a favorite of mine from TV as a kid. Followed by Let's Do It Again and A Piece of the Action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Saturday_Night

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2015/06/uptown-saturday-night-1974-lets-do-it.html

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4307/uptown-saturday-night#articles-reviews?articleId=64944

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

 

Directed by Norman Jewison. Next on Tubi. Rod Steiger, Sydney Poitier. You can see in few scenes it was actually cold while filming. Haskell Wexler cinematography. Edited by Hal Ashby. Music by Quincy Jones. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(film)

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17602/in-the-heat-of-the-night/#articles-reviews?articleId=961519

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2017/1967/in-the-heat-of-the-night/

https://trailersfromhell.com/in-the-heat-of-the-night-4k/

Duel at Diablo (1966)

 

Directed by Ralph Nelson. James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Dennis Weaver. I have not seen this one in a long time, and I noticed it was on the Free with Ads Youtube channel, but when I went to look for it this morning it had been removed. Luckily I found it again for free on Tubi. Hopefully that will work and this will be coming up next.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_at_Diablo

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17520/duel-at-diablo/#articles-reviews?articleId=1003

https://shebloggedbynight.com/2010/duel-at-diablo-1966-2/

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/giving-the-diablo-its-duel-july-1966/

Sneakers (1992)

 

Kind of like Hackers, but sneakier. Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ben Kingsley. A favorite of mine. Solid thriller.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakers_(1992_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sneakers-1992

https://crimereads.com/sneakers-90s-heist-movies/

Let's Do It Again (1975)

 

Directed by Sidney Poitier. Following Uptown Saturday Night. Crime comedy. Set in New Orleans partly. Jimmie Walker, Ossie Davis, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Mel Stewart. Followed by A Piece of the Action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Do_It_Again_(1975_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lets-do-it-again

http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2015/06/uptown-saturday-night-1974-lets-do-it.html