The Cross and the Switchblade 1970  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Murray
Cast: Pat Boone, Erik Estrada, Jackelyn Giroux, Jo-Ann Robinson, Dino DePillippi, Don Blakely, Gil Frazier, Don Lamond, Sam Capuano, Alex Colon, Hector Mercado, Stew Silver, Dorothy James, David Connell, Michelle Galjour
David Wilkerson (Pat Boone) is a small-town minister who takes on a mission to stop violence in the ghettos of New York City. Through Little Bo (Jo-Ann Robinson), Wilkerson meets and works with gang leader Nicky Cruz (Erik Estrada) and turns around the lives of many angry, drug-crazed youths.
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On the Yard 1978 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raphael D. Silver
Cast: John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin, Richard Bright, Joe Grifasi, Lane Smith, David Clennon, Don Blakely, J.C. Quinn, Dominic Chianese
Convict Juleson (John Heard) becomes involved in a power struggle with inmate kingpin Chilly (Thomas D. Waites) in this well-acted, but not very exciting, prison drama.
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Persons Unknown 1996 R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Kelly Lynch, Naomi Watts, J.T. Walsh, Jon Favreau, Xander Berkeley, Don Blakely, George Hickenlooper
After ex-cop Jim Holland (Joe Mantegna) is charmed by Amanda (Kelly Lynch) as part of her ploy to get security codes to the Colombian coke house he guards, the double-crossing, sex, drugs, and robbery play their roles in this action thriller.
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Short Eyes 1977  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Slammer
Director: Robert M. Young
Cast: Bruce Davison, Jose Perez, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Shawn Elliott, Mark Margolis, Curtis Mayfield, Miguel Pinero, Tito Goya, Joseph Carberry, Bob Maroff, Keith Davis, Bob O'Connell, Richard Matamoros, Freddy Fender
Based on Miguel Pinero's play, this is a powerful story about prison life. Short Eyes is prison lingo for "child molester," and Bruce Davison takes on that role as prisoner Clark Davis at "The Tombs"–the Manhattan House of Detention–whose fellow detainees treat him as they would the lowest form of life. Many in the cast are not professional actors; instead they are former convicts, and this adds to the believability of the story.
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Strike Force 1975  TV, 75 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Crack
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Cliff Gorman, Don Blakely, Richard Gere, Edward Grover, Joe Spinell, Allan Rich, Mimi Cecchini, Marilyn Chris, Arnold Soboloff, Stephen Zulick
The FBI, state police, and NYC police team up to rid the city of a drug ring. An early Richard Gere film.
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Vigilante 1983  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Street Gang
Director: William Lustig
Cast: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda, Joe Spinell, Carol Lynley, Woody Strode, Don Blakely, Joseph Carberry, Willie Colon
When criminals take over the city, victims seek to regain control through a violent attempt to end gang action in their city.
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| 1. The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
2. On the Yard (1978)
3. Persons Unknown (1996)
4. Short Eyes (1977)
aka: Slammer
5. Strike Force (1975)
aka: Crack
6. Vigilante (1983)
aka: Street Gang
7. Wired to Kill (1986)
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