
Acting
Dave Petitjean
Born 1928-01-11
Acting credits
7.1A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Angel Heart
1987
5.8An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.
No Mercy
1986
7.4A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Down by Law
1986
6.4A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.
Shy People
1987
5.9In 19th-century Louisiana's Cajun country, Belizaire is the informal spokesman for his citizens, who don't see eye to eye with local racists who wish to eradicate all Cajuns. Complicating matters is that Belizaire's former flame is now married to his biggest rival, an affluent landowner's son. Before he knows it, Belizaire is caught up in a web of murder, lies, and prejudice.
Belizaire the Cajun
1986
6.2A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer to protect the young Black man who actually killed him.
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
7.0Upon his father's death, a young man (Benjamin Mouton) leaves his city job to run his family's Louisiana rice farm.
Dirty Rice
1997