The Greatest Thing That Almost Happned (1977)

Starring:

• Jimmie Walker
• James Earl Jones
• Debbie Allen 

Storyline
In the 1950s a teenage athlete learns that he has leukemia, and his winning spirit is threatened as he faces a major basketball tournament just before Christmas, while his dad's struggle to maintain his own self-respect often blinds him to his son's emotional needs. 

Top Secret (1978)

Starring:

• Bill Cosby
• Tracy Reed
• Sheldon Leonard
• Gloria Foster 

Storyline
Bill Cosby, an undercover agent for the United States, travels to Italy in search of dangerous international thieves. There he meets his outspoken partner, actress Tracy Reed. Together they must suppress the threat of a future nuclear crisis. The investigation heats up when the team gets caught in a deadly game of murder and kidnap. As the close in on the final piece of evidence, the enemy lurks in the shadows ready to destroy everything they have accomplished.

The Ambush Murders (1982)

Starring:

• James Brolin
• Dorian Harewood
• Alfre Woodard

Storyline
In this fact-based TV movie, Dorian Harewood plays an African-American political activist who is accused of killing two white policemen. Forty-nine months and two mistrials later, Harewood remains in prison. Lawyer James Brolin offers Harewood his services and uncovers facts and evidence that may at long-last spring his client.