Cast: Ivan Dixon

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ivan Dixon. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Nothing But a Man

1964 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Michael Roemer

Cast Ivan Dixon · Abbey Lincoln · Julius Harris · Gloria Foster

Synopsis Born in Birmingham, Duff Anderson, the father of a male toddler, who lives with a nanny, re-locates to a small town to work on the railroad. He meets with and is attracted to Josie much to the chagrin of her...

8.1

23 votes

8.1

23 votes

A Patch of Blue

1965 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Guy Green

Cast Elizabeth Hartman · Sidney Poitier · Shelley Winters · Wallace Ford

Synopsis A young blind woman, living with her prostitute mother and sheltered inside most of her life, meets a black man, who, resisting family pressures, falls in love with her, puts her into a school for the blind, and promises to...

7.3

207 votes

7.3

207 votes

A Raisin in the Sun

1961 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Petrie

Cast Sidney Poitier · Claudia McNeil · Ruby Dee · Diana Sands

Synopsis Walter Lee Younger (Sidney Poitier) is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected...

7.0

233 votes

7.0

233 votes

Hogan's Heroes (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Bernard Fein · Albert S. Ruddy Production · Gene Reynolds · Edward H. Feldman

Cast Bob Crane · Werner Klemperer · John Banner · Robert Clary

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1971). Colonel Hogan leads a ragtag band of POW's caught behind German lines. The bumbling Germans give Hogan and his crew plenty of opportunities to sabotage their war efforts. Colonel Klink is more concerned with having everything run...

6.7

57 votes

6.7

57 votes

Direction Abner Biberman

Cast Michael Constantine · Paul Fix · George Lindsey · Ivan Dixon

Synopsis The Sun doesn't rise on a small town where an execution is scheduled to take place.

6.2

54 votes

6.2

54 votes

Direction Ron Winston

Cast Ivan Dixon · Stephen Perry · Kim Hamilton · Walter Burke

Synopsis Bolie Jackson is a professional boxer whose best years are behind him. He's well-liked in his neighborhood and adored by Henry, a young lad who lives next door. He hurts his hand in an altercation with sleazy boxing manager and...

5.7

136 votes

5.7

136 votes

Car Wash

1976 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Michael Schultz

Cast Darrow Igus · Richard Pryor · George Carlin · DeWayne Jessie

Synopsis A day in the life of the employees at a Los Angeles car wash.

5.6

101 votes

5.6

101 votes

Amerika (TV Miniseries)

1987 · Series · 870 min. · United States

Direction Donald Wrye

Cast Kris Kristofferson · Robert Urich · Wendy Hughes · Sam Neill

Synopsis America has been bloodlessly taken over by the Soviet Union, leading to slave-labor camps for some, collaboration for others and rebellion for yet others.

5.1

42 votes

5.1

42 votes

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Brian Keith · Tony Curtis · Ernest Borgnine · Ivan Dixon

Synopsis A rivalry is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise tranquil Army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town...

4.2

33 votes

4.2

33 votes

Clay Pigeon

1971 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Tom Stern · Lane Slate

Cast Tom Stern · Telly Savalas · Robert Vaughn · John Marley

Synopsis An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.

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The New Breed (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Hank Searls · Walter Grauman · Joseph Pevney · Allen H. Miner

Cast Leslie Nielsen · John Beradino · John Clarke · Greg Roman

Synopsis "The New Breed" was an American crime - drama series ,aired on ABC network from 1961 to 1962, with thirty-six episodes,starring Leslie Nielsen at age 35

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Stoney Burke (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Stevens · Tom Gries · Laslo Benedek · Leonard Horn

Cast Jack Lord · Warren Oates · Robert Dowdell · Bruce Dern

Synopsis Stoney Burke is a rodeo rider who wants to win the Golden Buckle, the award to the world's champion saddle bronco rider. He didn't win it but he encountered a considerable amount of violence along the way.

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The Final War of Olly Winter (TV)

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Patrick Adiarte · Murray Alper · Sara Berner · Jane Betts

Synopsis Set in the Vietnamese jungle in 1963, black master sergeant Olly Winter is a career soldier sent to Vietnam as an advisor to fight one last war against the communists. When his platoon is ambushed by the Viet Cong, Olly,...

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To Trap a Spy

1964 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford

Cast Robert Vaughn · David McCallum · Luciana Paluzzi · Pat Crowley

Synopsis .N.C.L.E. discovers that Thrush killer Andrew Vulcan plans to assassinate a visiting African leader, Premier Ashumen, while he's on a tour of Vulcan's factory. Napoleon Solo enlists the help of Vulcan's old girlfriend, Elaine May Donaldson, who pretends to be...

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Cain's Hundred (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Tom Gries · Boris Sagal · Robert Gist

Cast Peter Mark Richman · Gene Coogan · Eddie Hice · Gavin MacLeod

Synopsis A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring one hundred top criminals to justice.

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Direction Ron Satlof

Cast Raymond Burr · Barbara Hale · William Katt · Joe Penny

Synopsis An actor rigs a fake on-air shooting with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes horribly wrong when the gun, which he'd loaded with blanks, turns out to contain a live round.

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Battle at Bloody Beach

1961 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Coleman

Cast Audie Murphy · Gary Crosby · Dolores Michaels · Alejandro Rey

Synopsis Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he...

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The Murder Men

1961 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

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Where's Jack?

1969 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Clavell

Cast Tommy Steele · Stanley Baker · Alan Badel · Dudley Foster

Synopsis Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London. Jack is working as an apprentice to a clockmaker when his brother Tom is sentenced to be hanged for theft. To...

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Fer-de-Lance (TV)

1974 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Russ Mayberry

Cast David Janssen · Hope Lange · Ivan Dixon · Jason Evers

Synopsis Snakes on board an American sub set off a chain of events that ultimately causes the boat to sink to the bottom of the ocean. The surviving crew must devise a rescue plan to free themselves and raise the sub.

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Not rated