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Director:
Jack Arnold
Writers:
Jeff Jacks (novel)
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Genre:
Action | Crime more
Tagline:
Whenever the cane turns up, someone turns up dead. Black Eye knows why.
Plot:
Private detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Not the best Fred Williamson movie by a long shot! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Fred Williamson ... Stone
Rosemary Forsyth ... Miss Francis
Teresa Graves ... Cynthia
Floy Dean ... Diane Davis

Richard Anderson ... Dole
Cyril Delevanti ... Talbot
Richard X. Slattery ... Bowen
Larry D. Mann ... Avery
Bret Morrison ... Majors

Frank Ashmore ... Chess (as Frank Stell)
Nancy Fisher ... Vera
Teddy Wilson ... Lindy
Gene Elman ... Siegal
Wayne Sutherland ... Worm
Jim Malinda ... Pusher
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Dole: California... huh... you're all freaks here. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 3 (1996) (V) more

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Not the best Fred Williamson movie by a long shot!, 10 June 2003
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

Fred Williamson ('Black Caesar', 'Vigilante', 'From Dusk Til Dawn') was one of the coolest and most charismatic blaxploitation stars of the 1970s, but 'Black Eye' is by no means one of his best movies. Williamson himself is pretty good as always, but the pedestrian script and lacklustre direction (by Jack Arnold, who later worked with Williamson on the lame Western comedy 'Boss N*igger') don't do him any favours. Arnold directed 1950s classic 'Creature From The Black Lagoon' and 'The Incredible Shrinking Man', but had been mainly working in TV, and I think it really shows. 'Black Eye' feels like a TV pilot. It's like blaxploitation-lite. Williamson plays an ex-cop investigating the murder of a call girl and the theft of a walking stick she had stolen from a recently deceased Hollywood movie star. The trail leads him to a drug ring, porno movies and a religious cult, which sounds very Dashiell Hammett and interesting, but it isn't. It's very dull and never picks up steam. The supporting cast includes two actors familiar to 70s TV viewers, Richard Anderson ('The Six Million Dollar Man's Oscar Goldman), and the foxy Teresa Graves ('Get Christie Love'). Graves had previously co-starred with Fred Williamson in 'That Man Bolt', which may not be my favourite Williamson vehicle, but it was a damn site more entertaining than this! I say give 'Black Eye' a miss unless you're an obsessive fan of "The Hammer". If you haven't seen it, you really aren't missing much. Newcomers to Williamson are advised to go directly to Larry Cohen's brilliant 'Black Caesar' which features a dynamite Williamson performance, and a super cool score from The Godfather Of Soul James Brown.

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