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Good Guys Wear Black

  • 19781978
  • PGPG
  • 1h 35m
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5.0/10
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Chuck Norris in Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.
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An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.
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  • Director
    • Ted Post
  • Writers
    • Bruce Cohn(screenplay)
    • Mark Medoff(screenplay)
    • Joseph Fraley(story)
  • Stars
    • Chuck Norris
    • Anne Archer
    • James Franciscus
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  • Director
    • Ted Post
  • Writers
    • Bruce Cohn(screenplay)
    • Mark Medoff(screenplay)
    • Joseph Fraley(story)
  • Stars
    • Chuck Norris
    • Anne Archer
    • James Franciscus
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Anne Archer and Chuck Norris in Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
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    Anne Archer and Chuck Norris in Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
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    Chuck Norris
    Chuck Norris
    • John T. Bookeras John T. Booker
    Anne Archer
    Anne Archer
    • Margaretas Margaret
    James Franciscus
    James Franciscus
    • Conrad Morganas Conrad Morgan
    Lloyd Haynes
    Lloyd Haynes
    • Murray Saundersas Murray Saunders
    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Edgar Haroldsas Edgar Harolds
    Jim Backus
    Jim Backus
    • Doormanas Doorman
    Lawrence P. Casey
    Lawrence P. Casey
    • Mike Potter - The Black Tigersas Mike Potter - The Black Tigers
    • (as Larry Casey)
    Anthony Mannino
    • Gordie Jones - The Black Tigersas Gordie Jones - The Black Tigers
    • (as Tony Mannino)
    Soon-Tek Oh
    Soon-Tek Oh
    • Mjr. Mhin Van Thieu - The Black Tigersas Mjr. Mhin Van Thieu - The Black Tigers
    • (as Soon-Teck Oh)
    Joe Bennett
    • Lou Goldberg - The Black Tigersas Lou Goldberg - The Black Tigers
    Jerry Douglas
    Jerry Douglas
    • Joe Walker - The Black Tigersas Joe Walker - The Black Tigers
    Stack Pierce
    Stack Pierce
    • Holly Washington - The Black Tigersas Holly Washington - The Black Tigers
    Michael Payne
    • Mitch - The Black Tigersas Mitch - The Black Tigers
    David Starwalt
    • Steagle - The Black Tigersas Steagle - The Black Tigers
    Aaron Norris
    Aaron Norris
    • Al - The Black Tigersas Al - The Black Tigers
    Don Pike
    • Hank - The Black Tigersas Hank - The Black Tigers
    Benjamin J. Perry
    Benjamin J. Perry
    • Finney - The Black Tigersas Finney - The Black Tigers
    • (as Ben Perry)
    Kathy McCullen
    • Kellyas Kelly
    • Director
      • Ted Post
    • Writers
      • Bruce Cohn(screenplay)
      • Mark Medoff(screenplay)
      • Joseph Fraley(story)
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    • Trivia
      When Chuck Norris was offered the lead role of the film, he was in the process of establishing a new kick-boxing league in Los Angeles with Benny Urquidez. Norris cites his decision to pursue the movie over the league as a defining point in his transition from martial arts competition to acting.
    • Goofs
      The scene where Norris and love interest lady are arriving at the top of the ski hill, a man can be seen wearing a Hawaiian t-shirt.
    • Quotes

      Booker: And so as history slowly places it into some kind of perspective, a few things about the Vietnam War have become clear. It was a war that never should have begun, and a country we never should have entered. And as thousands of victims died without really understanding why. Mainly because the reasons for the war were beyond any rules of logic. On Wednesday we'll sing patriotic songs and pretend I said none of the above.

    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema and video versions were cut by 7 secs by the BBFC to remove an ear clap and a shot of a guard being killed with a throwing star.
    • Connections
      Edited into How American Cinema Changed Hollywood Forever (2003)

    User reviews36

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    Top review
    4/10
    Special missions
    In this film those that are wearing black are a special forces group of trained assassins who went on special missions with selective targets. The group that Chuck Norris led were so good at their jobs that before the Paris Peace Accords are signed the North Vietnamese want this group eliminated.

    Chuck Norris's group must have been doing some kind of damage that this kind of demand be made. All having to do with that Oriental concept of saving face.

    But the Black Tigers make it out, most of them that is. But a few years after the war ended, people in his group are starting to get killed in strange and exotic ways.

    It all has to do with the ambitions of career diplomat James Franciscus who is playing a role far from idealistic teacher Mr. Novak. Franciscus certainly would have had the proper attitudes to go far in the Nixon administration. He's got a loyal career subordinate in Dana Andrews who is getting good and stewed as his way of coping. Andrews who had a career tainted by alcoholism certainly had this late career role down pat.

    Chuck Norris with a bit of help from Lloyd Haynes of the CIA and reporter Anne Archer who on the Washington cocktail circuit gets the story of a lifetime give him some help. That and his own martial arts skills dispatch a number of bad guys.

    Norris fans will approve.
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    • Nov 7, 2017

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    • Release date
      • June 1978 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Black Tigers
    • Filming locations
      • Riverside International Raceway, 22255 Eucalyptus Avenue, Moreno Valley, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mar Vista Productions
      • Action 1 Film Partners
      • Western Film Productions
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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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