The best Ruby Dee’s crime movies

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27/10/1922- 11/06/2014
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American Gangster

American Gangster
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/11/2007
  • Character: Mama Lucas
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.

No Way Out

No Way Out
7.4/10
The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle, a rabid racist, wants no treatment from black resident Dr. Luther Brooks. When brother John dies while Luther tries to save him, Ray is certain it's murder and becomes obsessed with vengeance. But there are black racists around too, and the situation slides rapidly toward violence.

The Incident

The Incident
7.6/10
Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.

The Sheriff

The Sheriff
6.8/10
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.

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