D'Urville Martin Trailers
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D'Urville Martin (February 11, 1939 – May 28, 1984) was an American actor and director in both film and television. He appeared with regularity in numerous 1970s movies in the blaxploitation genre of films. Born in New York City, D'urville began his career in the mid 1960s, soon becoming a prominent recurring figure in the genre. Martin acted in several movies of the time, including Black Like Me and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Among his partners was the famous blaxploitation actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, playing his partner Toby in the Black Charley. Martin also directed films in his career, including Dolemite, starring Rudy Ray Moore. His career ended in 1984 with a heart attack at age 45 likely caused by his hard-partying lifestyle.
Most Popular D'Urville Martin Trailers
Total trailers found: 23
28 November 1984
Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies.
27 July 1976
Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses because it ain't groovy enough.
12 June 1968
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
07 February 1973
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
10 April 1973
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
11 December 1967
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
15 August 1968
A young farmer becomes a singer against the wishes of his uncle.
20 May 1964
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
28 September 1984
Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama
04 July 1972
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager.
17 August 1975
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
31 May 1972
Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution.
27 May 1970
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
26 April 1975
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail.
26 March 1975
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
02 October 1976
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
01 December 1973
A Harlem gangster must rescue his ex-wife, who's been kidnapped by the Mafia.
15 May 1973
After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.
16 March 1972
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
01 May 1976
Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York.
25 October 1973
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family.
17 March 1983
A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer.
06 October 1976
Five friends get together and decide to plan an operation to rob a bank. The main difference between this and other bank-robbing gangs, however, is that all five men are blind.
