Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
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| Rockne Tarkington | ... | Samson | |
| William Smith | ... | Johnny Nappa | |
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Connie Strickland | ... | Tina |
| Carol Speed | ... | Leslie | |
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Michael Payne | ... | Arthur |
| Joe Tornatore | ... | Harry | |
| Titos Vandis | ... | Joseph Nappa | |
| Napoleon Whiting | ... | Old Henry | |
| John Alderman | ... | Michael Briggs | |
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Fred Scheiwiller | ... | Charlie Frisco |
| Ernest Robinson | ... | Ragamuffin | |
| Nick Dimitri | ... | Milo | |
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Ken Bell | ... | C.T |
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Junero Jennings | ... | Shine (as Jennero Jennings) |
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Marvin Walters | ... | Junkie |
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Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
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14 August 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Samson: Just keep your people out of here!
Johnny Nappa: But you have a bar. You have a license. You have to serve anybody who comes in here, don't you?
Samson: [smiles] Yeah, but this is a lousy bar with lousy service!
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Much of inner-city backgrounds contain graffiti. It's fun to press pause and read it. It's not very authentic and appears to be painted by stage hands to poke fun at each other. Graffiti like "Paul Eats S---" and other messages are amusing. See more »Quotes
[In Samson's Bar. Nappa's man are making trouble. Samson gets angry]Samson: Just keep your people out of here!
Johnny Nappa: But you have a bar. You have a license. You have to serve anybody who comes in here, don't you?
Samson: [smiles] Yeah, but this is a lousy bar with lousy service!
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"Samson" (Rockne Tarkington) is the owner of a nightclub in a black part of Los Angeles who does his best to keep crime down and things under control. However, this doesn't please two rival criminal organizations-one white and the other black-from wanting to move in and take over. This is especially true for one particularly psychotic mobster named "Johnny Nappa" (William Smith) who refuses to heed Samson's warnings and simply won't take "no" for an answer--and things become quite tense after that. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a pretty good "blaxploitation" film in large part due to the performances of the aforementioned William Smith and Rockne Tarkington. Likewise, having a beautiful actress like Connie Strickland (as Johnny's girlfriend "Tina") certainly didn't hurt either. In any case, I thought this was a pretty good film and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.