Leopoldo Mandeville

Putney Swope (1969)

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Arnold Johnson  •  Stan Gottlieb  •  Allen Garfield  •  Archie Russell

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Arnold Johnson  •  Stan Gottlieb  •  Allen Garfield  •  Archie Russell

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard A. Colla
CAST:  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Beverly Todd  •  Cleavon Little  •  Ernie Barnes

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard A. Colla
CAST:  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Beverly Todd  •  Cleavon Little  •  Ernie Barnes

High Midnight (1979)

Blue-collar worker Tony Giannetti vows to avenge the murder of his wife and child in a no-knock drug raid led by ruthlessly ambitious narcotics officer Capt. Lou Mikalich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Haller
CAST:  Mike Connors  •  David Birney  •  Christine Belford  •  Granville Van Dusen

Blue-collar worker Tony Giannetti vows to avenge the murder of his wife and child in a no-knock drug raid led by ruthlessly ambitious narcotics officer Capt. Lou Mikalich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Haller
CAST:  Mike Connors  •  David Birney  •  Christine Belford  •  Granville Van Dusen

The Vault (2001)

Housed inside a vault in the basement of an abandoned school lurks an evil that has been locked away for over a hundred years. When a teacher and 5 students visit the school to archive any memorabilia before it's torn down, they mistakenly free the horrific spirit, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Black
CAST:  Leopoldo Mandeville  •  James Black  •  Michael Cory Davis  •  Shani Pride

Housed inside a vault in the basement of an abandoned school lurks an evil that has been locked away for over a hundred years. When a teacher and 5 students visit the school to archive any memorabilia before it's torn down, they mistakenly free the horrific spirit, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Black
CAST:  Leopoldo Mandeville  •  James Black  •  Michael Cory Davis  •  Shani Pride

Emma Mae (1976)

A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but soon falls into the middle of a community of rebellious youth. She soon becomes more and more aware of the social ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jamaa Fanaka
CAST:  Jerri Hayes  •  Ernest Williams II  •  Charles D. Brooks III  •  Leopoldo Mandeville

A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but soon falls into the middle of a community of rebellious youth. She soon becomes more and more aware of the social ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jamaa Fanaka
CAST:  Jerri Hayes  •  Ernest Williams II  •  Charles D. Brooks III  •  Leopoldo Mandeville