Sidney Poitier
Director, Actor
Films to Buy
Defiant Ones, The (1958)
- That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
- VHS $10 | DVD $19.95
Paris Blues (1961)
- Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier asJazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
- DVD $19.95
Long Ships, The (1963)
- Expensively produced Viking epic has the Nordic warrior Widmark clash with Moorish general Poitier over a mythical treasure, the 'Golden Bell of St…
- DVD $29.95
Duel at Diablo (1965)
- Violent, off–beat Cowboys–and–Indians conflict successfully revives the formula. With Sidney Poitier, and James Garner in a sober…
- DVD $14.95
To Sir with Love (1966)
- Sidney Poitier instructs a class of cheeky, wayward teenagers in this feel–good classic of British cinema.
- DVD $24.95
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy become perplexed parents of son–in–law Sidney Poitier, in this agreeable mixed–marriage comedy.
- VHS $10 | DVD $14.95
For Love of Ivy (1968)
- A well–heeled black family find their maid is about to leave, so contrive to engineer a romance for her with a local truck–driver.…
- DVD $19.95
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
- The first sequel to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT has Sidney Poitier’s detective now settled in San Francisco and investigating a girl’s…
- DVD $29.95
Organization, The (1971)
- Poitier takes on heroin traffickers in an adept second sequel to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
- DVD $19.95
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
- An intriguing 'black' Western set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, with a group of freed slaves setting out across the dangerous…
- DVD $14.95