Movies: Lloyd Reckord

  • 1959
    Sapphire

    Sapphire (1959)

    Sapphire

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    Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade throu...

    Sapphire
  • 1991
    The Lunatic

    The Lunatic (1991)

    The Lunatic

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    A Jamaican comedy, the story of a village madman, Aloysious, who has the amazing ability to talk to anything, including trees, cows and cricket balls....

    The Lunatic
  • 1959
    Hot Summer Night

    Hot Summer Night (1959)

    Hot Summer Night

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    Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home. This powerful drama exposes the d...

    Hot Summer Night
  • 1961
    What a Whopper

    What a Whopper (1961)

    What a Whopper

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    A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then tr...

    What a Whopper
  • 1999
    Third World Cop

    Third World Cop (1999)

    Third World Cop

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    Loose cannon cop Capone returns to his home town of Kingston to join a group of officers fighting organised crime in the area. On his first day he uncovers gun smuggling operation that may be connected with lead criminal Oney. However his old crew, l...

    Third World Cop
  • 1961
    The Day of the Fox

    The Day of the Fox (1961)

    The Day of the Fox

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    "In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims to destroy the remnants of white colonial rule in a new African nation. The political themes explored remain incredibly ...

    The Day of the Fox
  • 1962
    You in Your Small Corner

    You in Your Small Corner (1962)

    You in Your Small Corner

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    Barry Reckord adapted his stage play for TV and his brother Lloyd plays the central character – a Jamaican new to London. When he begins a relationship with a white woman, he finds himself in conflict with his mother, who has great expectations for h...

    You in Your Small Corner
  • 1963
    Ten Bob in Winter

    Ten Bob in Winter (1963)

    Ten Bob in Winter

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    An unemployed black student borrows ten shillings from a friend, then lends the money to a musician he has just met....

    Ten Bob in Winter
  • 1965
    Dream A40

    Dream A40 (1965)

    Dream A40

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    Two years before the Sexual Offences Act decriminalised homosexuality, a young gay couple's relationship is put to the test as they make a journey during which they must refrain from public demonstrations of affection. Daring and poetic, An experimen...

    Dream A40
  • 2012
    Encounters

    Encounters (2012)

    Encounters

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    Collection of four ground-breaking shorts in which gay men interact in a variety of circumstances: In 'Dream A40' (1965) a couple try to stop themselves from showing public displays of affection. In 'Vapors' (1965) two strangers meet in a New York ...

    Encounters