Cast: Madge Sinclair

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


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

Conrack

1974 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Martin Ritt

Cast Jon Voight · Paul Winfield · Madge Sinclair · Hume Cronyn

Synopsis The true story of Pat Conroy, who tried to teach a group of illiterate Black children in South Carolina by using common-sense teaching techniques to inspire their interest. Voight is convincing as the earnest teacher. Based on Conroy's novel "The...

6.8

179 votes

6.8

179 votes

Convoy

1978 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast Kris Kristofferson · Ali MacGraw · Ernest Borgnine · Burt Young

Synopsis Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.

5.6

2K votes

5.6

2K votes

Coming to America

1988 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Eddie Murphy · Arsenio Hall · James Earl Jones · John Amos

Synopsis It is the 21st birthday of Prince Akeem of Zamunda and he is to marry a woman he never saw before. Now the prince breaks with tradition and travels to America to look for the love of his life.

5.1

27K votes

5.1

27K votes

Direction Elliot Silverstein

Cast Margot Kidder · Kevin McCarthy · J.A. Preston · Madge Sinclair

Synopsis A bitter elderly woman learns that her husband and a lay back couple are hiding a youth potion from her while camping in the wilderness.

5.0

29 votes

5.0

29 votes

Direction William A. Graham

Cast Powers Boothe · Ned Beatty · Irene Cara · Veronica Cartwright

Synopsis Based upon the true story of Jim Jones, a self proclaimed prophet. Jim Jones had a loyal following of about 1000 people, who had donated their entire life savings to him to join his commune. When possible illegal activities came...

4.9

28 votes

4.9

28 votes

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Uncle Joe Shannon

1978 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Joseph C. Hanwright

Cast Burt Young · Doug McKeon · Madge Sinclair · Jason Bernard

Synopsis A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles through each other's encouragement.

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Victims (TV)

1982 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Jerrold Freedman

Cast Ken Howard · Kate Nelligan · Madge Sinclair · Jonelle Allen

Synopsis A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.

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A Century of Women (TV Miniseries)

1994 · Documentary · 355 min. · United States

Direction Chris Harty · Barbara Kopple · Judy Korin · Sylvia Morales

Cast Jane Fonda · Justine Bateman · Olympia Dukakis · Jasmine Guy

Synopsis The role of American women over the past century is examined in both documentary and dramatic form. The framework is a dramatic story which traces a fictional family and its women from generation to generation.

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Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Manduke

Cast Moses Gunn · Rosalind Cash · Keith Wilkes · Bernie Casey

Synopsis Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton is the only young man in his neighborhood who can hope to get out of the ghetto. He is about to leave for college on a basketball scholarship. On a dark rainy evening, Cornbread is mistaken for...

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I Love You... Good-bye

1974 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Sam O'Steen

Cast Hope Lange · Earl Holliman · Michael Murphy · Patricia Smith

Synopsis A suburban wife begins to resent the pressures she sees society putting on her as a wife and mother, and leaves her family to find the meaning of her life.

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Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Michael Caffey · Earl Bellamy · Bernard McEveety

Cast Pernell Roberts · Brian Stokes Mitchell · Charles Siebert · Gregory Harrison

Synopsis This series brought the character of "Trapper John" from M*A*S*H in as the Chief of Surgery at San Franscico Memorial Hospital. Joining him on the surgical staff was a brilliant young surgeon, G. Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, who had also served...

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (TV)

1975 · Movie · 30 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kramer

Cast Leslie Charleson · Bill Overton · Richard Dysart · Rosetta LeNoire

Synopsis Two families are thrown into turmoil when a white woman marries a black man.

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High Ice

1980 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Eugene S. Jones

Cast David Janssen · Tony Musante · Madge Sinclair · Gretchen Corbett

Synopsis A park ranger clashes with an egotistical army officer over how to handle a rescue operation to save three rock climbers stranded on a high elevation ledge of a mountain in Washington state.

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Leadbelly

1976 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Parks

Cast Roger E. Mosley · Paul Benjamin · Madge Sinclair · Alan Manson

Synopsis The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he...

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Madigan (TV Miniseries)

1972 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Alex March · Jack Smight · Boris Sagal

Cast Richard Widmark · George Cole · Rossano Brazzi · Peter Vaughan

Synopsis TV Miniserie (1972-1973). 6 episodes. A tough, dogged cop, Madigan chases down crooks in his native New York but also travels the world on assignments against crime.

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Pros and Cons (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Paul Krasny · Vern Gillum · Michael Switzer · Eric Laneuville

Cast James Earl Jones · Richard Crenna · Madge Sinclair · Ray Abruzzo

Synopsis TV Serie (1991-1992). 1 season. 13 episodies.

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I Will... I Will... For Now

1976 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Norman Panama

Cast Diane Keaton · Elliott Gould · Victoria Principal · Paul Sorvino

Synopsis They set out to try everything in the book... what happens next you won't find in any book...

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