The Sheriff (1971) | Ossie Davis Brenda Sykes 

This was a film on the ABC Movie Of The Week which aired on March 30th, 1971. This was a pilot film for a proposed series which did not sell.

awsome movie. Ossie and Ruby Davis never fails to give a great performance. Heaven has two angels above.

They don't come any more handsome than Ossie Davis. His superb acting skills make him nothing short of a director's dream!!

Ossie Davis is one of the most UNDERRATED ACTORS of all time! He was a Hero and may he rest in peace!

Brenda Sykes reminds me of Angela Bassett. Both have timeless beauty! Thanks for the share.

Ossie Davis is handsome and such a great actor. Brenda Sykes is absolutely beautiful.

Ossie Davis was among my heroes when I was a kid, so I had to watch this and enjoyed the movie, thank you for posting!

brenda sykes had everybody's heart pumpin'.... men and women!

Whoever created this channel is a Godsend. Thank you! 🙏🙏

There are Talented Actors in This Movie 🍿🎥 as well. Ross Martin, Edward Binns , Lynda Day George, Moses Gunn and Kaz Garas THANK YOU REELBLACK.

One day I went to the train station in New Rochelle NY on my way to Harlem NYC and lo and behold, sitting right there in the train station was RUBY DEE. IT WAS A GREAT DAY

Ossie Davis was a Black actor, who always showed diginity in his life and is choices as a actor....Loved is wife Ruby Dee too!!!!!!!!!!

Bravo! What a great movie and well portrayed by these extremely talented actors. Thanks for sharing this movie with the viewers. Rest in eternal peace to those who are no longer with us! 👏💗

I remember seeing it when it aired in 1971. i haven't seen it since. Thanks for uploading this. It brought back a lot of memories.

Wow! I clicked on this movie by accident, but couldn't stop watching. Awesome movie thanx for uploading🥰

Ossie Davis was a great intelligent 🤓 with class for his time actor and were in lots of old classic black movies I miss him on screen 💎

Thank you so much for posting this. Really good film. It reminded me of something my mother said. She grew up in the Jim Crow south of the 40's and 50's. She said in White Plains, GA young girls would come up pregnant, have snow white babies, and nobody asked any questions. The social commentary of this film was 💯.

What a classic Ossie Davis & his wife, The lovely Brenda Skyes,Moses Gun,& many other good actors & actresses.

Ow the vibes of the 70s are immaculate!!

Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee both superb in all roles they acted in!❤️

Holy Moly, a program without frequent ads or commercials. Someone must have fell asleep in the programming room!

My first time watching Ossie Davis was, in all places, Rod Serling's Night Gallery opposite Roddy McDowell in the episode The Cemetery. If you are a fan of Mr. Davis, this is a must-see. He always brings it. RIP Mr. Davis and Ruby Dee.

This was great for movie night with my girl. Thank you so much for putting it up on your channel.

This was actually a pilot for a potential ABC TV series. However, ABC execs wouldn't accept it and it was obviously because they felt that the American TV viewing audience wasn't ready to accept a black man starring in a dramatic TV series, especially with a white man like Harve in a subordinate role to his. Shame though, because it appears on the basis of this movie that it still could have been a hit. Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee were indeed magnificent actors.

He use to be a customer when I worked for The Bank Of New York in New Rochelle ....He was very tall and very nice....He was a great actor...

Good film. Great acting. Brenda Sykes is very lovely.

🗣🎤I had the pleasure of meeting the Ossie Davis & the Paul Robeson, jr. Both gentlemen were companions of my then boss William Greaves & his wife Louise. William Greaves (affectionately called Bill) disallowed his few employees to make a big deal of his office guests. Somehow or another one day or the other Mr Davis gave us his autograph. Fond memories 💞

I Remember Watching this Movie 🍿🎥 from the ABC'S Movie of the Week. Years Ago. Good Movie 🍿🎥. Mr Davis, Great 😃👍 Actor along with his Wife Ruby Dee.

I remember this movie when I was in the 8th grade and I enjoyed watching all the actor in the movie the majority of them are deceased

I was a big time TV-Head I used to watch up until 2010, it's ashame _mostly_ all the Black movies\TV shows posted on ReelBlack, Riverbends, ManFocused & other similar RU-vid channels either was shown one time or never played on TV\Movie Theaters. I saw lots of re-runs of the same shit for years never knowing previously about much of these films I see on these RU-vid channels. HellyWeird ALWAYS shelving good Black movies & TV shows. Never saw these as re-runs. Thanks REELBLACK.

Also thanks for all the content

Great cast. Great movie. Thanks. This channel is awesome.

Great movie!

I remember this!!

Amazing, thank you.

Men like Mr. Davis are rare these days.

Ozzie!! Ruby!!! Lovely couple I love them in movies together!!!

Great movie with Ossie Davis

I appreciate you Mike D!!!

They don't make them like this anymore. Too bad for us.

Brilliant film! Pity it didn't make a series but probably wouldn't have improved on the basic premise. Thanks for sharing.

Do you have the full movie "The Mack", or the full music score of Willie Hutch on that Movie? his musical lyrics exposed sinister exploits , and a good message, in my opinion. I can not remember the over-all theme/message of the movie. The score might have some value for today's young people

What and awesome movie. Haven't seen this in many years.Thanks for the upload and bringing me back to what I have been missing. Hey reelblack quick question. Do you have a movie called Divas you can upload. It came out in 95. I been trying to find it for years but I haven't had very much luck. I would really appreciate it if you could. Thanks in advance.

Kyle Johnson is nichelle Nicolas' son. He's 70,his birthday is September.

Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee lived in Westchester, NY, New Rochelle in Rochelle Heights off of North #BlackExcellencePersonified #OssieNRubyEqualClassGoals #NewRochelle

Another Golden Oldie from Reelblack. "Outrage!" is still my favorite as a "must watch" for all the fans, supporters and especially - any opposition factions ?

Heavy Ps Thank You.

Amazing how most comments are not about the elephant in the room. The cover up for the snake in the grass . This happen frequently in the south. Still happens across the country. Elephant 🐘 landscape.

Good movie 💞

Ase Baba Ossie Davis & Mama Ruby Dee.

Good 🎥 movie

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Love Brenda skyes

The son Kyle Johnson in this movie is the real life son of Actress Nichelle Nichols bka Lt Uhura on Star trek

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A good movie

@36:33 that's the studio playboy that rejected Don Vito Corleone's offer from his consigliere Tom Hagin(Robert Duvall) and the crime family killed his prize horse.

80 in the shade. Lol

I was 10 years old

So hurtful to see the actor Ross Martin playing the role of a rapist In the TV series Wild Wild West he was the good guy

good movie

Talk about blaming the victim!😡

I would had used a horse head to get that order signed…

If someone hears a woman fighting off a rapist & does NOTHING... maybe they need a few smacks...great seeing the Davises but the script was full of holes.

2:57 nice gunshot!

Johnny Fontaine never gets that movie!

Brenda S.was stunning dated Jim brown had bad injuries.

21-11-2021.

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Brenda Sykes is beautiful! Thank gosh shes not related to the NOT FUNNY, freak - wanda sykes!

26:16 pyramid..and ik why they didnt accept this show

I'm sorry but the dialogue is terrible. There is a case of racism in this movie.

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