Cast: Olivia Cole
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Olivia Cole. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 11
Roots (TV Miniseries)
1977 · Series · 573 min. · United States
Direction Marvin J. Chomsky · John Erman · David Greene · Gilbert Moses
Cast Todd Bridges · Robert Reed · John Amos · Madge Sinclair
Synopsis From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from...
7.3
3K votes
7.3
3K votes
North and South (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Richard T. Heffron
Cast Patrick Swayze · James Read · Lesley-Anne Down · Wendy Kilbourne
Synopsis TV miniseries (1985,1986,1994). 15 Episodes. Based on John Jakes best selling novel this is the story of the friendship between two youngs, George Hazard (James Read) and Orry Main (Patrick Swayze) that meet at West Point. George is from a...
7.1
14K votes
7.1
14K votes
Coming Home
1978 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Hal Ashby
Cast Jon Voight · Jane Fonda · Bruce Dern · Robert Carradine
Synopsis Sally Bender is the wife of a Captain in the United States Army. He is sent over to Vietnam, and Sally is alone. With nothing else to do, she decides to volunteer at a local veteran's hospital, where she meets...
6.9
2K votes
6.9
2K votes
Heroes
1977 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Jeremy Kagan
Cast Henry Winkler · Sally Field · Harrison Ford · Val Avery
Synopsis A Story about a Vietnam vet who goes on a road trip to join his friend in a worm farm venture. He slowly goes nuts as he finds out the world is too screwed up to bear, his friend is...
5.1
79 votes
5.1
79 votes
Big Shots
1987 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mandel
Cast Ricky Busker · Darius McCrary · Jerzy Skolimowski · Robert Prosky
Synopsis Following the death of his father, suburbanite Obie runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, he befriends con artist Scam. The two then embark on a Down South adventure involving gangsters, the police,...
4.8
212 votes
4.8
212 votes
The Women of Brewster Place (TV Miniseries)
1989 · Movie · 200 min. · United States
Direction Donna Deitch
Cast Oprah Winfrey · Mary Alice · Olivia Cole · Robin Givens
Synopsis A group of strong-willed women who live in the same rundown housing project located on Brewster Place, and tells about their lives as they struggle against racism, poverty and troublesome men through three decades.
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Some Kind of Hero
1982 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Michael Pressman
Cast Richard Pryor · Margot Kidder · Ray Sharkey · Ronny Cox
Synopsis A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
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Something About Amelia (TV)
1984 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Randa Haines
Cast Ted Danson · Glenn Close · Judith Anderson · Olivia Cole
Synopsis TV movie exploring the drama to a family caused by incest.
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Arly Hanks (TV)
1993 · Movie · United States
Direction Arlene Sanford
Cast Kate Jackson · Ron Perlman · Polly Bergen · Olivia Cole
Synopsis The small town of Maggody, population 775, Stump County, Arkansas, has a new Police Chief - Arly Hanks, who has returned home from New York City after a messy divorce, her former husband having been shamefully found in bed with...
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Stan Lathan
Cast Paul Winfield · James Bond III · Olivia Cole · Roderick Wimberly
Synopsis This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous...
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Backstairs at the White House (TV Miniseries)
1979 · Movie · 540 min. · United States
Direction Michael O'Herlihy
Cast Olivia Cole · Leslie Uggams · Louis Gossett Jr. · Robert Hooks
Synopsis 4 episodes. No fewer than eight Presidential administrations--from Taft through Eisenhower--are examined through the eyes of the White House staff--maids, assistants, servants, doormen and other "menial" workers.
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