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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Wilma (1977, TV Movie)


























Starring:
  • Shirley Jo Finney
  • Cicely Tyson
  • Jason Bernard
  • Joe Seneca
  • Denzel Washington
  • Charles Blackwell
  • Norman Matlock
  • Larry B. Scott
  • RĂ©jane Magloire
  • Piper Carter
  • Pauletta Washington
  • Andrea Frierson
  • Stacy Green
  • Dury Cox
  • Roger Askew
  • J. Franklin Taylor
  • L. Warren Young
In the 1960 Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph became the fastest woman in the world and the first American woman to win three gold medals at one Olympic competition. But the story of how she got there makes her achievement legendary.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Night Chase (1970)








































Starring:
David Janssen once again plays a man on the run, this time as a Baltimore businessman on the lam after shooting his wife's lover. Thinking that he is a murderer, Janssen boards Yaphet Kotto's taxi at the Los Angeles Airport...and orders him to drive to the Mexican border. During their harrowing and suspenseful ride, similarities of their respective lives are revealed, and deep bonds are formed between the men. These new bonds serve them well when the inevitable police chase eventually catches up with them.