Movies starring Bill Duke

Biography: 
Shaven headed, imposing looking African American actor, director, producer and writer who received his dramatic arts training at Boston University, New York University's Tisch School of Arts and at the American Film Institute. Duke first broke into TV in the early eighties directing episodes of well known TV shows including "The "Miami Vice" (1984)", "Cagney & Lacey" (1982)" and "Hill Street Blues ...  show all 

Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: 50 Cent | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Joy Bryant | Omar Benson Miller | Tory Kittles | Terrence Howard | Ashley Walters | Marc John Jefferies | Viola Davis | Sullivan Walker | Serena Reeder | Bill Duke | Mpho Koaho | Russell Hornsby | Joseph Pierre
Directors: Jim Sheridan
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A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Predator (1987)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Carl Weathers | Elpidia Carrillo | Bill Duke | Jesse Ventura | Sonny Landham | Richard Chaves | R.G. Armstrong | Shane Black | Kevin Peter Hall
Directors: John McTiernan
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Dutch (Arnlod Schwarzenegger) and a team of commandos have been sent into a Central American jungle to track down some missing airmen that were kidnapped by terrorists. By the time they get to the camp, the airmen have been butchered in a very violent fashion and the commandos retaliate on the terrorists’ camp. After that’s over, they wait for a helicopter to pick them up, but something strange begins to happen in the woods. It isn’t long before the commandos start getting killed off and Dutch and a girl from the camp, Anna (Elpidia Carrillo), are the only people left and fighting for their lives. But what they discover is too shocking for them to imagine. What’s been killing them is the Predator, an alien that hunts rare species and make his trophies out of their skulls. And human beings are the new species he has discovered.

Bird on a Wire (1990)

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | Goldie Hawn | David Carradine | Bill Duke | Stephen Tobolowsky | Joan Severance | Harry Caesar | Jeff Corey | Alex Bruhanski | John Pyper-Ferguson | Clyde Kusatsu | Jackson Davies | Florence Patterson | Tim Healy | Wes Tritter
Directors: John Badham
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Rick has been given a new identity by the FBI for helping convict a drug dealing FBI agent. Fifteen years later his former fiance recognises him. Rick’s FBI ‘minder’ has been replaced by a corrupt agent who helps the drug dealing FBI agent and his accomplice locate him. There are many subsequent chase scenes as Rick and girlfriend revisit his former haunts.

Exit Wounds (2001)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: DMX | Steven Seagal | Isaiah Washington | Anthony Anderson | Michael Jai White | Bill Duke | Jill Hennessy | Tom Arnold | Bruce McGill | David Vadim | Eva Mendes | Matthew G. Taylor | Paolo Mastropietro | Shane Daly | Drag-On
Directors: Andrzej Bartkowiak
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Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn’t follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it’s very difficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust.

Payback (1999)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Short
Countries: USA
Actors: James Coburn | Mel Gibson | Gregg Henry | Maria Bello | David Paymer | Bill Duke | Deborah Kara Unger | John Glover | William Devane | Lucy Liu | Jack Conley | Kris Kristofferson | Mark Alfa | Kwame Amoaku | Justin Ashforth | Len Bajenski
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Porter is a small time but tough criminal, who’s primary gig, is robbery. Now his friend Val Resnick needs $130,000 to pay back a criminal group known as “The Outfit”. He tells Porter about some Asian couriers who carry $300,000, Porter agrees to it on the condition that they split the take. When they hit them, they discover that they only have $140,000, and Resnick says that, that’s what they always carry. He pulls out a gun and shoots Porter in the back and leaves him to die. However, Porter manages to make it to a doctor, and get treated, when he recovers, he sets out to get Resnick and his share $70,000. He begins by approaching an associate of Resnick’s. Porter then seeks out a prostitute named Rosie, whom he knew, she tells him where he can find Resnick, when he does he tells Resnick that he should go to his employers and ask them to give him back $70,000 of the money he gave them, Resnick says that’s impossible but Porter “convinces” him to do it. Resnick then goes to his boss, Mr. Carter, who tells him that it’s in their best interest to help Resnick deal with Porter. Carter orders one of his men to take Porter out but Porter’s just too good for them. Resnick then asks his girlfriend who knows the people whom he and Porter stole the money from, and tells her to tell them where they can find him. When they do they are interrupted by two policemen, but they are crooked who are under the impression that Porter’s going after $200,000-300,000 and are going to get it. Can Porter deal with all these people and still get his money.

National Security (2003)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin Lawrence | Steve Zahn | Colm Feore | Bill Duke | Eric Roberts | Timothy Busfield | Robinne Lee | Matt McCoy | Brett Cullen | Cleo King | Gerry Del Sol | Ken Lerner | Mari Morrow | Stephen Tobolowsky | Joe Flaherty
Directors: Dennis Dugan
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Earl and Hank have only one thing in common: they’re both L.A.P.D. rejects. One just got kicked out, the other can’t even get in. After confronting each other on opposite sides of the law during a traffic stop that escalates out of control, these two luckless individuals end up partnered as lowly security guards. Despite being damned to the lowest rung of the law enforcement ladder, Earl and Hank uncover a sophisticated smuggling operation led by Nash and his band of thugs. When Earl and Hank get their hands on some hot property, they go on the run from, first the bad guys, then the L.A.P.D.—led by Lt. Washington and Detective McDuff. What these two unlikely partners do to law enforcement is a crime, but they just might save the day. That is, if they don’t kill each other first.