6 Movies Starring David Alan Grier

Streamers

Streamers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-04-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1364 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Altman

Cast:

Writer:

David Rabe (play)

David Rabe (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is homosexual.

A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-11-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (6172 Reviews)

Director:

Norman Jewison

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Fuller (screenplay)

Charles Fuller (play)

Fullplot:

A black soldier is killed while returning to his base in the deep south. The white people of the area are suspected at first. A tough black army attorney is brought in to find out the truth. We find out a bit more about the dead soldier in flashbacks - and that he was unpopular. Will the attorney find the killer ?

Boomerang

Boomerang

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-07-01

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (18983 Reviews)

Director:

Reginald Hudlin

Cast:

Writer:

Eddie Murphy (story)

Barry W. Blaustein (screenplay)

David Sheffield (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger, he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatized by this, his work goes badly downhill. But then Jacqueline's more quietly attractive assistant, Angela, who has been dating Marcus' best friend, shows herself more than a little concerned by his parlous state.

McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (5322 Reviews)

Director:

Bryan Spicer

Genres:

ActionComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Crabbe (story)

Andy Rose (story)

Peter Crabbe (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.

The Woodsman

The Woodsman

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (26155 Reviews)

Director:

Nicole Kassell

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Fechter (play)

Nicole Kassell (screenplay)

Steven Fechter (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.

Peeples

Peeples

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (3892 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

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