Directed by Gordon Parks Jr. • 1974 • United States
Starring Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly
Gordon Parks Jr.’s follow-up to his blockbuster SUPER FLY casts Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Jim Kelly as a trio of tough-guy heroes who must stop a secret white-supremacist organization that plans to contaminate the water supplies of Detroit, Los Angeles, and Washington with a substance that is lethal only to Black people. Soul greats the Impressions contributed the songs to this rip-roaring action extravaganza, which showcases three blaxploitation legends at their peak.
Directed by Gordon Parks Jr. • 1974 • United States
Starring Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, George Murdock
Blaxploitation’s answer to BONNIE AND CLYDE follows the exploits of early-twentieth-century bounty hunter Thomasine (Vonetta McGee) and the bandit Bushrod (Max Julien), who, after they rekindle...
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan • 1974 • United States
Starring Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks
In this high-octane thriller, Truck Turner (Isaac Hayes, who also composed the soundtrack) is a bounty hunter who’s tracking a sadistic pimp on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Armed with his brute ...
Directed by D’Urville Martin • 1975 • United States
Starring Rudy Ray Moore, D’Urville Martin, Lady Reed
Dolemite is the role that made Rudy Ray Moore a midnight movie icon. The famously foulmouthed stand-up comedian and party-record king (who also served as producer and writer) plays the brash ...
