Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.
- Don Da Vince
- (as Tony Caruso)
- Ben
- (as Bob Phillips)
- Tom
- (as Vic Rogers)
- Antonio Goti
- (as Johnny LaMotta)
- Louie
- (as Louie Ojena)
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- TriviaStar Fred Williamson's M*A*S*H (1972) co-star Elliott Gould came in for a half-hour's work to help out his friend. Gould completely improvised his part on the spot.
- GoofsJohnny's name is misspelled "Johnnie" on his army name tag.
- Quotes
Don Da Vince: [Notices the two construction workers have not put up the front sign on their new flower shop] Hey, Carlo! Tell them to hurry up with that sign. It should have been up by now.
Carlo Da Vince: I'll take care of it, papa. Hey, what's taking you assholes so long? What do you think we're paying you, for?
Don Da Vince: Carlo, don't talk dirty! How many times I gotta tell you that? You know I don't like that!
- Crazy creditsDedicated to the veteran who traded his place on the front line for a place on the unemployment line. Peace is Hell.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD and Blu-ray by Code Red is the 96-minute director's cut that includes differences from the theatrical version released on VHS in the 1980s by Unicorn Video and numerous public domain DVD releases (sourced from the Unicorn tape master). There is a graphic sex scene between Johnny and Nancy, the killings are more bloodier and the climatic karate fight with Johnny and O'Malley is much longer, the scene with Johnny calling Nancy on a payphone is seen before his fight with O'Malley, instead of after, and an ascending helicopter shot is seen before Nancy steps on the landmine.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Cinema Snob Movie (2012)
This is a dull movie, I grant you. I have it as part of a 4-DVD set called, "Mean Muthas & Bad Brothas." Or maybe it's the other way around. I'm not sure - I bought the set of four movies for 4.98. And it was well worth that. The cheapest I've ever seen of a notoriously cheap genre, this film is slow, barely coherent and full of things that don't make sense. On the other hand,it has Fred Williamson (and was apparently directed by him), Roddy McDowall (playing a Fredo-type, actually a pretty out-of-body performance, it was surprising to realize it was him, although I was looking for him) and Elliot Gould in a very strange but brief "special appearance" as a homeless yet extremely dapper fellow. Hey whatever - it's an incredibly bad blaxploitation film. If that sounds funny to you and you don't spend much money, go for it.
- thefountainmenace
- Dec 5, 2002
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