Thalmus Rasulala
출생 : 1939-11-15, Miami, Florida, USA
사망 : 1991-10-09
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Thalmus Rasulala (November 15, 1939 – October 9, 1991) was an African American actor who was an original cast member of ABC's soap opera One Life to Live from its inception in 1968 until he left the show in 1970.
Born as Jack Crowder in Miami, Florida, he appeared in many films and made guest appearances in TV shows. Notable roles include Lt. Jack Neal in One Life to Live, Roy in Bucktown, Blake Tarr in Friday Foster, Bill Thomas in What's Happening!!, and Omoro Kinte (Kunta Kinte's father) in Roots. He also appeared in The Twilight Zone, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Sophisticated Gents.
His last acting role was as General Afir in Mom and Dad Save the World with Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones. He died shortly after completing his scenes, and the film, released after his death, is accordingly dedicated to his memory.
He died on October 9, 1991, from heart failure in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at age 51.
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General Afir
Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful emperor to the throne.
Truman Brown
Earthquakes and aftershocks forces a group of residents stranded at a party to reevaluate their lives, as one grueling situation after another, prompts surprise and comedy.
Police Commissioner
니노 브라운(Nino Brown: 웨슬리 스나입스 분)은 표면적으로는 젊고, 핸섬하며, 부자인 성공한 흑인 실업가이며 사회에서도 출세의 표본으로 알려져 있으나 실은 '캐쉬머니 브라더즈'라는 거리의 갱단 두목으로 폭력으로 뒷골목을 장악하고 마약으로 검은 왕국을 세운 암흑가의 제왕이다. 경찰에서는 그를 잡기위해 비밀경찰 두 명을 전담반으로 세우는데 흑인인 스코티(Scotty Appleton: 아이스 티 분)와 백인 닉(Nick Peretti: 쥬드 넬슨 분)이 그들로서, 두 사람 모두 마약에 대한 혐오감을 갖고 있었다. 한편, 스코티는 중독자인 푸키(Pookie: 크리스 록 분)를 니노의 조직에 침투시키는데.
Rev. Abel Mace
A man seeks revenge on the white supremacists acquitted in the murder of his son
Secret Service Commander
베를린 외곽지대에서 중대한 군비축소 회의가 열리고 있는가운데 서로 협정을 체결하려는 찰나 테러리스트들이 들이닥친다. 이에 미국측 참모가 탄 차가 폭발하고 총격전이 벌어진다. 죠니 갤러퍼 중사는 보안실패에 대한 문책을 받고, 다시 "팩케이지"-군법회의에 회부된 군인을 미국으로 호송하는 문책성 인사를 받게 된다. 갤러퍼와 그의 포로인 월터 행크는 미 대통령과 소련 연방 사무총장이 크리스마스 이브에 최초의 통제된 핵 실험장소인 시카고에서 만나 냉전을 종식시킬 핵 협정을 맺는 것을 축하하는 날이 다가오는데...
Billy Dunbar
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
Deputy Supt. Crowder
이탈리아 출신인 니코는 어린 시절, 동양 무술을 동경하다가 일본으로 건너가서 무술 공부를 하게 된다. 그후 CIA 요원으로 월남전에 참전하지만 원주민을 너무 잔혹하게 다루는 CIA 요원 제이건의 행동에 반발해서 귀국하여 미국에서 형사로 활동하고 있다.
니코는 어느날 대규모 마약밀매에 관한 정보를 입수하고 사건현장에서 범인 살바노 일당을 체포한다. 범인을 FBI에 인도하지만 CIA 고위층의 명령으로 이들을 석방해 버린다. 이때부터 마약밀매범이 CIA와 연관됐다는 눈치를 챈 니코는 이들에 대한 본격적인 수사를 시작하고 제이건을 비롯한 부패 CIA 요원들은 니코와 그 가족을 협박한다. 한편 니코가 다니는 성당의 보조 신부 토마시노는 우연한 기회에 제이건 일당의 비리를 알게 되고 그 사실을 해리슨 상원의원에게 알린다. 제이건 일당은 성당에 폭발물을 터트려 토마시노를 제거하려 하지만...
The Admiral
A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.
Fred
Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escapechained to each other.
Barney
Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wife! THE BOSS' WIFE is a full-bodied, high-spirited, bedroom comedy about lust, love and lechery.
Stepfather
Set in the 1860's South, Booker is the impassioned story of the boy who struggled through slavery to found the Tuskegee Institute. Through the eyes of nine-year-old Booker T. Washington, viewers witness the end of the Civil War, the cruelties that endured after slavery was abolished, and the hard work that led Booker to education and true freedom. Booker is a one-hour drama based on the childhood of Booker T. Washington and his quest for education in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War. Booker was shown nationally on PBS by the series, WONDERWORKS and subsequently on the Disney Channel, the BBC, and throughout the world. Booker continues to be broadcast and used in thousands of schools in America and abroad. The film was chosen as among the top 10 best home video release for children by Parenting Magazine and best script for a children's drama by the Writer's Guild of America.
Crossroads
Navin Johnson heads to Los Angeles to attend the wedding of his pen pal, Marie. On the way, he runs across a gang of hobos whose leader, Diesel, takes him to Las Vegas after learning of his skills at poker.
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
William Chamberlain
Henry Flipper is the first black West Point graduate. Assigned to serve at Fort Davis in Texas, Flipper becomes the object of a conspiracy by his fellow cadets to rid the base of its only black graduate.
Lt. Gordon
A government courier is caught in a deadly cover-up after discovering that his murdered sister was not only the mistress of a U.S. president, but also a Soviet spy.
Dr. Alvarez
The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.
Food Stamp Man
아내 제인(Jane Harper: 제인 폰다 분)과 아들 윌리(Billy Harper: 숀 프라이 분)와 평범하게 살아오던 평범한 가장 딕 하퍼(Dick Harper: 죠지 시걸 분)는 하루 아침에 일자리를 잃고 실업자가 된다. 이때문에 딕의 가족은 생활이 궁핍하여 생활고로 시달린리게 되자 여러 방면에 도움을 청하지만 되는 일이 없다. 딕과 제인은 생각 끝에 대출을 하러 갔다가 강도를 당하게 되는데, 도리어 인질이 되었던 제인이 강도가 턴 2천 달러를 손에 넣게 된다. 이에 이들 부부는 집에 전기불도 들어오고 한창 기분내며 호화롭게 저녁 식사를 하던 찰라, 생활보호 대상 신청자들에 대한 소득 수준 조사가 나와 난감에 빠진다. 다음날 딕의 제안으로 이들 부부는 총을 들고 실제로 강도를 하러 나선다. 열쇠가 꽂혀있는 남의 자동차를 훔쳐 타면서 시작된 이들의 강도 행동은 딕이 편의점에 총을 들고 들어갔다가, 권총이 바지 주머니에서 끼여 빠지지 않는 바람에 이 모양을 본 주인에 의해 콘돔만 여러개 사가지고 오는 등 헤프닝을 벌인다. 또 야간에는 현금 거래를 하지 않아 카운터가 비여있거나, 기껏 총을 빼들고 들어간 곳이 흑인 술집이든가 등 실수만 한다. 그러다가 결국 한탕 성공을 시작하면서 딕은 잠긴 모든 자동차도 여는 등 솜씨가 늘어가고 이들은 강도 행위는 성공을 거듭한다. 하지만 이것만으로는 생활이 나아지지 않자, 이웃에 살고 있는 템프트 우주 항공사 사장 찰리(Charlie Blanchard: 에드 맥마혼 분)가 뇌물로 받은 거액의 돈을 갖고 있는 것을 알고는 그것을 털기로 하고, 찰리가 주최하는 파티에 참석한다. 두 사람은 우여곡절 끝에 금고를 털고 나오지만, 금고가 털린 것이 발견된 경원원들에 의해 출구가 봉쇄 당한다. 찰리는 이것이 딕과 제인의 짓임을 알게 되지만 제인이 기지를 발휘, 이들 부부는 도리어 경찰에 신고하여, 돈의 노출을 꺼리는 찰리의 도움을 받으며 여유있게 파티장을 빠져나온다.
Weed
손발이 쇠사슬로 묶인 채 레일 작업을 하던 죄수들이 감시원을 죽이고 도주한다. 7인의 죄수들과 함께 필사의 탈출을 감행한 잭 프로보(Zach Provo: 제임스 코번 분)는 은퇴한 전직 보안관 샘 버게이드(Sam Burgarde: 찰톤 헤스톤 분)를 찾아나선다. 과거 그들은 무법자와 보안관이라는 극단의 위치에서 최고수임을 자랑하던 두 사나이였다. 그야말로 신출귀몰한 잭이었지만 샘의 집요한 추적끝에 거의 시체가 되어 감옥으로 넘겨졌던 것이다. 그는 샘의 딸 수잔(Susan Burgade: 바바라 허쉬 분)을 납치하는 것으로 게임을 시작한다. 한편, 샘은 악명높은 프로보에 대한 두려움 때문에 마을 사람들이 추적대 구성을 꺼리자 수잔의 약혼자 할과 함께 추적에 나선다. 그들은 탁월한 직감으로 점점 거리를 좁혀가는데...
Noah
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn as a blundering patsy to Richard Pryor's slick con man.
Blake Tarr
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
Roy
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.
Frankie Steele
Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era’s Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn’t behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco’s office assistant.
(archive footage)
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
Ned (age 42)
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
Robert Daniels
Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is still possible.
Eddie Nugent
Tracy Fleming is a widowed police officer, with a young son, who has risen to the role of plainclothes operative. After six women have been raped and killed, Fleming agrees to go undercover in an effort to make herself a target for the killer. The climax places her in a life-and-death struggle with the killer.
Gordon Thomas
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Sidney Lord Jones
A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.
Police Officer
George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell.
Justice Sullivan
An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
