The best Roger E. Mosley’s movies

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

18/12/1938 (85 años)
Today we present the best Roger E. Mosley’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Roger E. Mosley’s movies.
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Unlawful Entry

Unlawful Entry
6.4/10
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.

McQ

McQ
6.2/10
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough
5.9/10
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.

Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1976
  • Character: Newton
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.

Letters from a Killer

Letters from a Killer
5.4/10
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
5.6/10
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. Ultimately, charm, lust and passion prevail, but Darnell learns the hard way that when you play, you pay. Brandi is much harder to get rid of than she was to get--especially when she realizes that she has a rival vying for Darnell's affection. When he finally decides to call it quits, Brandi becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking the new love of her life.

The New Centurions

The New Centurions
7/10
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.

Heart Condition

Heart Condition
5.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 02/02/1990
  • Character: Captain Wendt
A bigoted policeman is given the heart of a slain black defense lawyer,who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him

Pentathlon

Pentathlon
4.3/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 04/06/1994
  • Character: John Creese
When East German Eric Brogar wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller vows revenge and Eric's best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all… the fight for his life.

Attica

Attica
6.4/10
A behind the scenes look of the 1971 prisoners revolt at the Attica prison.

The Greatest

The Greatest
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/05/1977
  • Character: Sonny Liston
The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The song "Greatest Love of All", later remade by Whitney Houston, was written for this film and sung by George Benson. The movie follows Ali's life from the 1960 Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974.

The Jericho Mile

The Jericho Mile
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 18/03/1979
  • Character: Cotton Crown
Rain Murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in near-isolation, and engages in distance running when given the opportunity for free-time. While his form and speed capture the attention of prison officials who believe he could be competitive for the Olympics, Murphy expresses disinterest. But when the one man he has befriended is taken advantage of by political groups within the prison, Murphy decides to pursue the opportunity presented to him in his memory.

The Mack

The Mack
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/04/1973
  • Character: Olinga
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.

Drum

Drum
5.5/10
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

Darktown Strutters

Darktown Strutters
4.8/10
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.

Hit Man

Hit Man
5.7/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 20/12/1972
  • Character: Huey
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.

Terminal Island

Terminal Island
5.3/10
In the wake of a Supreme Court decision to outlaw the death penalty, California passes an initiative that designates San Bruno island as a dumping spot for first-degree murder convicts, free to do what they like except leave. The main camp of convicts is controlled by the tyrannical Bobby, who rules with an iron hand, and the women are used as sex slaves. A.J. and a group of more free-minded murderers have escaped and gone into hiding. When A.J. and his men liberate the women from Bobby's custody, tensions mount to an all-out confrontation for control of the island.

Pray TV

Pray TV
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1980
  • Character: Willie Washington / Leroy Washington
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.

Big Time

Big Time
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/07/1977
  • Character: J.J.
A small time con-artist gets between the FBI and a suitcase filled with money.

Leadbelly

Leadbelly
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/05/1976
  • Character: Huddie Ledbetter
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 became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.

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