Sidney Poitier
Title sequences from feature films starring Sidney Poitier (1927 — 2022).
Source: the Eureka Entertainment Masters of Cinema blu-ray (2018)
1950- title sequence
- “The End”
NO WAY OUT
- Directed by:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Starring:
- Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier, Mildred Joanne Smith
- Genre:
- Film noir
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Country:
- USA
- 1951
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY
- Directed by:
- Zoltan Korda
- Starring:
- Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Joyce Carey, Geoffrey Keen
- Country:
- UK
Source: the Kino Lorber blu-ray (2020)
1952- title sequence
- closing credits
RED BALL EXPRESS
- Directed by:
- Budd Boetticher
- Starring:
- Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Judith Braun, Sidney Poitier
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Country:
- USA
- 1954
GO MAN GO
- Directed by:
- James Wong Howe
- Starring:
- Dane Clark, Patricia Breslin, Anatol Winogradoff, Celia Brodkin
- Country:
- USA
- 1955
BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
- Directed by:
- Richard Brooks
- Starring:
- Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern
- Country:
- USA
- 1956
GOOD-BYE, MY LADY
- Directed by:
- William A. Wellman
- Starring:
- Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon De Wilde, William Hopper
- Country:
- USA
- 1957
- title sequence
- “The End”
EDGE OF THE CITY
- Directed by:
- Martin Ritt
- Starring:
- John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee
- Country:
- USA
- Title design:
- Saul Bass
- 1957
- title sequence
- “The End”
SOMETHING OF VALUE
- Directed by:
- Richard Brooks
- Starring:
- Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez, Sidney Poitier
- Studio:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country:
- USA
- 1957
- title sequence
- “The End”
BAND OF ANGELS
- Directed by:
- Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Rex Reason, Patric Knowles
- Studio:
- Warner Bros.
- Country:
- USA
- 1957
THE MARK OF THE HAWK
- Directed by:
- Michael Audley
- Starring:
- Eartha Kitt, Juano Hernandez, John McIntire, Helen Horton
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Eureka Entertainment blu-ray (2018)
1958- title sequence
- “The End”
THE DEFIANT ONES
- Directed by:
- Stanley Kramer
- Starring:
- Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr.
- Country:
- USA
- 1958
OUR VIRGIN ISLAND
- Directed by:
- Pat Jackson
- Starring:
- John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell, Isabel Dean, Colin Gordon
- Country:
- USA
- 1959
PORGY AND BESS
- Directed by:
- Otto Preminger
- Starring:
- Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters
- Country:
- USA
- 1960
ALL THE YOUNG MEN
- Directed by:
- Hall Bartlett
- Starring:
- Alan Ladd, James Darren, Glenn Corbett, Mort Sahl
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Criterion Collection blu-ray (2018)
1961- title sequence
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
- Directed by:
- Daniel Petrie
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Kino Lorber blu-ray (2014)
1961- title sequence
- “The End”
PARIS BLUES
- Directed by:
- Martin Ritt
- Starring:
- Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Serge Reggiani
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Olive Films blu-ray (2016)
1962- title sequence
- “The End”
PRESSURE POINT
- Directed by:
- Hubert Cornfield, Stanley Kramer
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Munday
- Country:
- USA
- Title design:
- National Screen Service Studios
- Fonts used:
- Bulletin Typewriter
Source: the Twilight Time blu-ray (2016)
1963- title sequence
- “Amen”
LILIES OF THE FIELD
- Directed by:
- Ralph Nelson
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis
- Country:
- USA
- Title design:
- CFI
- 1964
THE LONG SHIPS
- Directed by:
- Jack Cardiff
- Starring:
- Richard Widmark, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino, Oskar Homolka, Edward Judd
- Country:
- UK
- 1965
THE BEDFORD INCIDENT
- Directed by:
- James B. Harris
- Starring:
- Richard Widmark, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Olive Films blu-ray (2012)
1965- title sequence
- “The End”
THE SLENDER THREAD
- Directed by:
- Sydney Pollack
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Warner Bros. blu-ray (2019)
1965- title sequence
A PATCH OF BLUE
- Directed by:
- Guy Green
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon
- Studio:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country:
- USA
- Fonts used:
- Franklin Gothic
Source: the Kino Lorber blu-ray (2014)
1966- title sequence
- “The End”
DUEL AT DIABLO
- Directed by:
- Ralph Nelson
- Starring:
- James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson, Dennis Weaver, Bill Travers
- Country:
- UK
Source: the Criterion Collection blu-ray (2019)
1967- title sequence
TO SIR, WITH LOVE
- Directed by:
- James Clavell
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Ann Bell
- Country:
- UK
- Title design:
- National Screen Service Limited
Source: the Criterion Collection blu-ray (2019)
1967- title sequence
- “The End”
- trailer typography
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
- Directed by:
- Norman Jewison
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
- Country:
- USA
- Title design:
- Murray Naidich
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
Source: the Powerhouse Films Indicator Series blu-ray (2016)
1967- title sequence
- “The End”
- trailer typography
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
- Directed by:
- Stanley Kramer
- Starring:
- Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton
- Country:
- USA
- Title design:
- Wayne Fitzgerald
- Fonts used:
- Eurostile
- 1968
FOR LOVE OF IVY
- Directed by:
- Daniel Mann
- Starring:
- Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters, Carroll O’Connor
- Country:
- USA
- 1969
THE LOST MAN
- Directed by:
- Robert Alan Aurthur
- Starring:
- Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman Jr., Michael Tolan, Paul Winfield, Vonetta McGee
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Kino Lorber blu-ray (2015)
1970- title sequence
- “The End”
THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS!
- Directed by:
- Gordon Douglas
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asner
- Genre:
- Blaxploitation
- Country:
- USA
- Fonts used:
- Univers
- 1971
BROTHER JOHN
- Directed by:
- James Goldstone
- Starring:
- Will Geer, Bradford Dillman, Beverly Todd, Ramon Bieri, Warren J. Kemmerling
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Kino Lorber blu-ray (2015)
1971- title sequence
THE ORGANIZATION
- Directed by:
- Don Medford
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O’Loughlin, Sheree North, Fred Beir
- Genre:
- Blaxploitation
- Country:
- USA
- Title design:
- Modern Film Effects
- Fonts used:
- Kabel
- 1972
BUCK AND THE PREACHER
- Directed by:
- Sidney Poitier
- Starring:
- Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller
- Country:
- USA
- 1973
A WARM DECEMBER
- Directed by:
- Sidney Poitier
- Starring:
- Ester Anderson, Yvette Curtis, George Baker, Johnny Sekka
- Country:
- USA
- 1974
UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT
- Directed by:
- Sidney Poitier
- Starring:
- Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor
- Country:
- USA
Source: the Kino Lorber blu-ray (2018)
1975- title sequence
THE WILBY CONSPIRACY
- Directed by:
- Ralph Nelson
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee, Rutger Hauer
- Country:
- USA
- 1975
LET’S DO IT AGAIN
- Directed by:
- Sidney Poitier
- Starring:
- Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie Walker
- Country:
- USA
- 1977
A PIECE OF THE ACTION
- Directed by:
- Sidney Poitier
- Starring:
- Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke
- Country:
- USA
- 1988
SHOOT TO KILL
- Directed by:
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Starring:
- Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur
- Country:
- USA