The Big Score 1983  R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Williamson
Cast: Fred Williamson, John Saxon, Richard Roundtree, Ed Lauter, Nancy Wilson, D'Urville Martin, Michael Dante, Bruce Glover, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Tony King, Ron Dean, James Spinks, Chelcie Ross, Jerome Landfield
Chicago detective Frank Hooks (Fred Williamson) and his partners–Davis and Gordon (John Saxon and Richard Roundtree)–are on the trail of a drug dealer when a large cache of drug money disappears. Frank is accused of stealing the money and is suspended from the police force. Now, Frank can ignore all the rules and take on the drug dealers himself.
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Bronk 1975  TV, 74 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Jack Palance, Henry Beckman, Tony King, David Birney, Joseph Mascolo, Joanna Moore, Dina Ousley, David Man
This made-for-TV pilot features Ocean City, California, police detective Alex "Bronk" Bronkov (Jack Palance) who is hired by Mayor Pete Santori (Joseph Mascola) to investigate the underworld causing corruption in the city.
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Bucktown 1975  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Arthur Marks
Cast: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King, Bernie Hamilton, Art Lund, Tierre Turner, Morgan Upton, Carl Weathers, Jim Bohan, Robert Burton, Gene Simms, Bruce Watson, Jody Maxwell, Nicole English
In this social commentary of racial problems in America, Blacks get fed up with racial discrimination and determine to get even. Duke (Fred Williamson) decides to reopen his late brother's nightclub and is threatened with violence by the redneck policemen. After Duke and his friend Aretha (Pam Grier) are attacked, Duke gets help from Roy (Thalmus Rasulala) and his friends, and justice prevails
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Cannibal Apocalypse 1980 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Cinzia De Carolis, Tony King, Wallace Wilkinson, Ramiro Oliveros, John Geroson, May Heatherly, Ronnie Sanders
Green Beret Captain Norman Hopper (John Saxon) rescues two of his men who are POWs in Vietnam and finds them eating human flesh. Years later, Charlie (Giovanni Lombardo Radice), one of the POWs, breaks out of the mental hospital and causes a commotion when he bites a woman. It turns out that he had contracted a virus in Vietnam, and now his cannibalism is spreading throughout the community. Norman, who was bitten when he made the rescue, is also in trouble. Typical of Italian filmmaker Antonio Margheriti's work.
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Hell Up in Harlem 1973 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery, D'Urville Martin, Tony King, Gerald Gordon, Bobby Ramsen, James Dixon, Esther Sutherland, Charles MacGuire, Ty Randolph, Janelle Webb, Al Kirk
In this sequel to "Black Caesar," Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is back–yes, he survived the injuries sustained in the gangland war–and reassembles his team. Now, with help from his estranged father Papa Gibbs (Julius Harris), Tommy builds up his criminal empire. Meanwhile, Tommy's henchman Zach (Tony King) and corrupt District Attorney DiAngelo (Gerald Gordon) plot against them, and Zach kills Papa. Now, there is no doubt that there will be hell up in Harlem when Tommy seeks revenge. Lots of violence.
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Report to the Commissioner 1975  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo, Tony King, William Devane, Stephen Elliott, Richard Gere, Vic Tayback, Michael McGuire, Edward Grover, Dana Elcar, Bob Balaban, Albert Seedman, Noelle North
An innocent rookie cop, Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty), does not understand the politics at the NYPD and is caught in the middle when his supervisors hide evidence in a murder case. Richard Gere has a small role in his film debut as a pimp, Billy.
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Sparkle 1976  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Sam O'Steen
Cast: Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Phillip Michael Thomas, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, Don Bexley, Tony King, Joyce Easton, Armelia McQueen, Beatrice Winde, Otis Day, Norma Miller, Talya Ferro, Bob Delegall
Music is the highlight in this movie about three Harlem sisters–Sparkle (Irene Cara), Sister (Lonette McKee), and Delores (Dwan Smith)–who try to climb the ladder to success as rock singers in the 1950s. But, problems develop along the way when two of them get involved in alcohol and drug abuse and gangsters, and only Sparkle gains fame.
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The Toy 1982 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel, Ned Beatty, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Annazette Chase, Virginia Capers, Don Hood, Tony King, Karen Leslie-Lyttle, B.J. Hopper, Linda McCann, Ray Spruell, Stocker Fontelieu
When Eric Bates (Scott Schwartz) visits his father U.S. Bates (Jackie Gleason), the millionaire takes his lonely son to a department store and offers the precocious boy anything he wants. Eric chooses a store janitor, Jack Brown (Richard Pryor), and takes the man home as his new "toy." But roles reverse as Jack gradually teaches Eric empathy for others and becomes his devoted friend.
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| 1. The Big Score (1983)
2. Bronk (1975)
3. Bucktown (1975)
4. Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
aka: Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
5. Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
6. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
7. Sparkle (1976)
8. The Toy (1982)
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