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Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue. | full synopsisUser Comments:
Decent low budget black action film moreCast
(Credited cast) | Calvin Lockhart | ... | The Baron |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Vicki Baltimore | ... | Dancer |
| Joan Blondell | ||
| Marlene Clark | ... | Caroline |
| Leonard Jackson | ||
| Beverly Johnson | ||
| Richard Lynch | ... | Joey |
| Charles McGregor | ... | The Cokeman |
| Raymond St. Jacques | ||
| Gail Strickland | ||
| Samm-Art Williams | ... | Rufus |
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Calvin Lockhart is The Baron, a struggling African-American filmmaker trying to get his big break. He gets mixed up with some dirty money and ends up confronting the usual mafia guys trying to keep a brutha down. They're a particularly nasty lot in this one, especially the racist, misogynistic, and homophobic Joey, played here flamboyantly by exploitation regular Richard Lynch. The film is a reasonably enjoyable blend of action and social commentary, and features a terrific score by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson. Joan Blondell, Raymond St. Jacques, and Marlene Clark are all wasted or underutilised, but Lockhart is good (as usual), even when burdened with some truly horrible 70s fashions.