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Director:
Hugh A. Robertson
Writers:
Raymond Cistheri (story)
Lonne Elder III (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 May 1973 (Japan) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
YOUR kind of black film more
Plot:
A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Not The Usual Blackploitation Flick more (7 total)

Cast

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Calvin Lockhart ... Frankie J. Parker
Rosalind Cash ... Terry Davis
Vonetta McGee ... Melinda
Paul Stevens ... Mitch
Rockne Tarkington ... Tank
Ross Hagen ... Gregg Van
Renny Roker ... Dennis Smith

Judyann Elder ... Gloria
Jim Kelly ... Charles Atkins
Jan Tice ... Marcia
Lonne Elder III ... Lt. Daniels (as Lonne Elder)
Ed Cambridge ... Detective (as Edmund Cambridge)

George Fisher ... Young Man
Joe Hooker ... Rome's Servant
Allen Pinson ... Rome
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Martin: All the Players Came (#3.18)" (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Love Is more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Not The Usual Blackploitation Flick, 23 July 2001
Author: hillari from Chicago, USA

A smooth DJ falls for a woman he's just met. When he finds her dead a short time later, he discovers that she had been killed because of her ties to organized crime. The DJ decides to avenge her death, receiving the help of a woman (the late, great Rosalind Cash) whom he had scorned. This film doesn't exactly follow the bullets and blood formula of many other Blackploitation action films. It does a little better on characterization, especially of the DJ and his scorned gal pal. However, it doesn't get as deep as it promises to be.

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