Rhetta Hughes

What are Rhetta Hughes' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Survival.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rhetta Hughes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (2).

• The Criterion Channel2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Don't Play Us Cheap (1972) · actor
  • Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) · actor
• HBO Max1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Don't Play Us Cheap (1972) · actor
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • A Killing Affair (1986) · actor
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • A Killing Affair (1986) · actor · free

Subscription and free streaming for Rhetta Hughes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

6 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

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  A Killing Affair(1986)

  as Vinia

  Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films27^th
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  Tenement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

  as Leona
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  Long Day's Journey Into Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

  as Cathleen
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  Purlie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

  as Missy
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  Don't Play Us Cheap(1972)

  as Earnestine

  Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films42^nd
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  Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song(1971)

  as Old Girlfriend

  Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films37^th

Career shape

Star power in the 47^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 6 titles from 1971 to 1985; peak year 1971.

Biggest box office

A Killing Affair (1986)

$35K worldwide

Highest rated

Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)

Midcredits 42^nd

Most popular right now

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

How do Rhetta Hughes' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37^th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43^rd percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.

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• Divisive1
• Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)

90^th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)

Midcredits 42^nd · 31% liked

Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Rhetta Hughes work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rhetta Hughes' MovieCove titles; Melvin Van Peebles shares the most, 2.

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  Melvin Van Peebles2 titlesSee all 2 shared titles with Melvin Van Peebles
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  Robert Maxwell2 titlesSee all 2 shared titles with Robert Maxwell