Booker Bradshaw Movies
- 1976
Richard Ward makes his second series appearance as Henry Evans, father of the late James Evans. James' widow, Florida (Esther Rolle), is happy to welcome the previously exiled "Grandpa" Henry into the Evans household for Thanksgiving dinner. But she begins to have second thoughts when Henry starts spinning webs of lies to entertain the Evans children -- and even worse, he has brought along his live-in girlfriend, Lena (Paulene Myers). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1976
George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford) express displeasure over the fact that son Lionel (Damon Evans) has decided to move into his own apartment. But "displeasure" hardly begins to describe their reaction when they find that Lionel intends to move in with his girl friend Jennifer (Berlinda Tolbert). With this episode, The Jeffersons moved from a Saturday to a Wednesday time slot, sandwiched between Good Times and the CBS Wednesday Night Movie. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, (more)
Writer-director Jack Hill (Spider Baby, Switchblade Sisters) managed to beat Death Wish to the screens by a year with this violent tale of a citizen touched by crime and deciding to fight back. Her little 11-year old sister is a hopeless addict, the police can't help, and poor Nurse "Coffy" Coffin (Pam Grier) has no choice but to take the law into her own hands. Posing as a Jamaican prostitute, Coffy infiltrates the lairs of pimp King George (Robert DoQui) and kingpin pusher Vitroni (Allan Arbus). Eventually, after her childhood sweetheart is beaten into a coma and she finds out her politician-lover (Booker Bradshaw) is involved, Coffy kills everyone with a shotgun. However, by having a black woman named Coffy get injected with a sugar mixture (the crooks think it's heroin), one can only imagine the filmmakers cackling about Coffy with cream and sugar. In fact, the original ad line promised "Coffy...she'll cream you!" ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Starring:
- Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, (more)
- 1970
- PG
A team of anthropologists travel to New Guinea in search of the missing link in this routine adventure tale. The expedition is financed by Vancruysen (Paul Hubschmid) and lead by Dr. Sybil Greame (Susan Clark). Also on hand are Douglas Temple (Burt Reynolds) and the boozy Otto Kreps (Roger C. Carmel). The two men are on the lookout for phospherous. The party discovers a group that appears to behalf human and half ape. Otto entices the female creature Topazia (Pat Suzuki) with sandwiches. When phosphorous is discovered, the evil industrialist Vancruysen enslaves the primates to work in the mines. Otto, Topazia, and Douglas escape, but there quest is slowed by the stillborn birth of Topazia's child. Douglas tricks the doctor into signing the death certificate that claims the child was human, which forces a murder trial. Eaton (Wilfred Hyde-White) is the South African anthropologist and racist called on to judge the proceedings. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, (more)
- 1970
Brooker Bradshaw returns as African American FBI agent Harry Dane. Going undercover, Dane hopes to bring a halt to the activities of Daniel Dodds (Hari Rhodes), a black loan shark hired by the mob to shake down his own people. Caught in the crossfire is Dodds' old friend Terry Maynard (Ivan Dixon), a successful entrepreneur in danger of losing everything he has built up. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1970
- R
This film is based on the James Simon Kunen book about student unrest on the Columbia University campus. Simon (Bruce Davison) joins the campus protest movement to socialize with the various hippie girls. When a violent police assault breaks up the protest, Simon's thoughts quickly turn from female infatuation to more important social causes. He becomes active in protests against the Vietnam War, police brutality, student's rights and the draft. He is branded a Communist and becomes part of the great worldwide social revolution of his times. Music from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Thunderclap Newman, Richard Strauss and John Lennon accurately reflect the turbulent times in which the film was released. Bud Cort, James Coco, and Kim Darby star in this uneven political drama. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, (more)
- 1969
Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) gives African American FBI agnet Harry Dane (Booker Bradshaw) plenty of latitude as Dane combs through a tough ghetto neighborhood in search of athlete-turned-criminal Nate Phelps (Billy Dee Williams). Meanwhile, Nate turns to his former girlfriend Lenore (Lola Falana), hoping she'll summon his underworld buddies for help in escaping the FBI agent. But none of Nate's cohorts want anything to do with him: He's a cop killer, and that's bad for business all around. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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