Rhetta Hughes

Rhetta Hughes

Born: November 9, 1953
Died: June 3, 2019

Movies for Rhetta Hughes...

A Killing Affair
Title: A Killing Affair
Character: Vinia
Released: October 24, 1985
Type: Movie
Peter Weller stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she begins to fall for him, but continues to question whether or not she can trust him. Directed by David Saperstein and based on a novel by Robert Houston, A Killing Affair features twists and turns up until the end.
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Tenement
Title: Tenement
Character: Leona
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: Movie
A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Title: Long Day's Journey Into Night
Character: Cathleen
Released: November 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Over the course of one day in August 1912, the family of retired actor James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of his wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund and the alcoholism and debauchery of their older son Jamie. As day turns into night, guilt, anger, despair, and regret threaten to destroy the family.
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Purlie
Title: Purlie
Character: Missy
Released: October 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical. This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.
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Don't Play Us Cheap
Title: Don't Play Us Cheap
Character: Earnestine
Released: December 11, 1972
Type: Movie
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break up the party.
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Title: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Character: Old Girlfriend
Released: March 31, 1971
Type: Movie
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.