Cast: Paula Kelly

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Paula Kelly. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Chiefs (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 200 min. · United States

Direction Jerry London

Cast Charlton Heston · Keith Carradine · Paula Kelly · Stephen Collins

Synopsis This mini-series tells the story of a southern town's police chiefs and the serial murderer who confounds them. Will Henry Lee is the first chief, an easy going man who works to establish the position while the murderer begins his...

6.9

319 votes

6.9

319 votes

The Andromeda Strain

1971 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Arthur Hill · David Wayne · Kate Reid · James Olson

Synopsis When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found to have died after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. Many years prior to...

6.7

11K votes

6.7

11K votes

Soylent Green

1973 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Richard Fleischer

Cast Charlton Heston · Leigh Taylor-Young · Edward G. Robinson · Chuck Connors

Synopsis In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.

6.7

9K votes

6.7

9K votes

Sweet Charity

1969 · Movie · 149 min. · United States

Direction Bob Fosse

Cast Shirley MacLaine · Ricardo Montalban · Sammy Davis Jr. · Paula Kelly

Synopsis Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe,...

6.7

695 votes

6.7

695 votes

Night Court (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Reinhold Weege · Jeffrey Melman · Jim Drake · Tim Steele

Cast Harry Anderson · Ellen Foley · John Larroquette · Richard Moll

Synopsis TV Series (1984-1992). 9 Seasons. 193 Episodes. "Night Court" centers around Manhattan Criminal Court Part II, presided over by Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone (Harry Anderson). Judge Stone is not your typical magistrate. At 33 years old, he was the...

6.1

6K votes

6.1

6K votes

Trouble Man

1972 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Ivan Dixon

Cast Robert Hooks · Paul Winfield · Ralph Waite · William Smithers

Synopsis An inner-city point man is on the run from both the cops and the crooks in this streetwise blaxpolitation drama. T (Robert Hooks) is a combination pool shark, private detective, and all-purpose ghetto fixer who operates out of a billiards...

6.1

29 votes

6.1

29 votes

Drum

1976 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Steve Carver

Cast Ken Norton · Warren Oates · Isela Vega · Pam Grier

Synopsis The White Men Wanted A Stud To Breed Slaves. The White Women Wanted Much More.

5.6

57 votes

5.6

57 votes

Direction Richard Pryor

Cast Richard Pryor · Debbie Allen · Art Evans · Fay Hauser

Synopsis In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a hospital, his spiritual alter ego...

4.8

57 votes

4.8

57 votes

Top of the Heap

1972 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Christopher St. John

Cast Christopher St. John · Paula Kelly · Florence St. Peter · Leonard Kuras

Synopsis This interesting black exploitation film combines the reality of police work with a number of fantasies by which St. John, one of the few black men on the police force, fills his empty existence. Despised by many of his coworkers...

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Uncle Tom's Cabin (TV)

1987 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Stan Lathan

Cast Avery Brooks · Kate Burton · Bruce Dern · Paula Kelly

Synopsis The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people with whom he interacts.

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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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Drop Squad

1994 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction David C. Johnson

Cast Eriq La Salle · Vondie Curtis-Hall · Ving Rhames · Kasi Lemmons

Synopsis Political satire about an underground militant group that kidnaps African-Americans who have sold out their race. The story follows as the group led Curtis-Hall and Rhames kidnaps an advertising executive (La Salle) who has been providing advertising programs that belittles...

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Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Chaffey · Bruce Bilson · Philip Leacock · Allen Reisner

Cast Anthony Franciosa · Deborah Adair · Anne Jeffreys · Richard Kantor

Synopsis TV Series (1984-1985). 23 Episodes. Cary Maxwell is a private investigator and owner of Maxwell Unlimited. MU specializes in helping people find their lost loves. Each week Maxwell, along with Daisy Lloyd and Rita Hargrove, manage to help yet another...

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Cool Breeze

1972 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Barry Pollack

Cast Thalmus Rasulala · Judy Pace · Julian Christopher · Lincoln Kilpatrick

Synopsis Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.

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South Central (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Michael J. Weithorn · Ralph Farquhar · Stan Lathan · Terri McCoy

Cast Tina Lifford · Larenz Tate · Tasha Scott · Keith Mbulo

Synopsis Joan Mosley, tries to raise her two children in a troubled neighborhood after a son is killed. Andre is 17, is attracted to the wealthy Nicole and hangs with buddy Rashad. Tasha is her studious daughter and Deion her mute...

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Tough Guys (Three Tough Guys)

1974 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Duccio Tessari

Cast Lino Ventura · Isaac Hayes · Fred Williamson · Paula Kelly

Synopsis Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After Lee is removed from the force due to $1,000,000 being stolen from the bank...

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Peter Pan (TV)

1976 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dwight Hemion

Cast Mia Farrow · Danny Kaye · Paula Kelly · Jill Gascoine

Synopsis Another live-action musical version of the play, with all-new songs, rather than the ones used in the famous Mary Martin production.

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Lost in the Stars

1974 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Mann

Cast Brock Peters · Melba Moore · Clifton Davis · Raymond St. Jacques

Synopsis Stephen Kumalo is a black Zulu minister searching the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his long-missing son, Absalom.

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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

1973 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Ivan Dixon

Cast Lawrence Cook · Janet League · Paula Kelly · J.A. Preston

Synopsis In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan...

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