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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Get Christie Love! (1974)










































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Christie Love was a gorgeous and quite charming black woman who also happened to be a skilled undercover operative with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her smarts and skills often came in handy when posing as a prostitute, jewel thief, etc. to bring down the bad guys.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)


























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Storyline
Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter (James Earl Jones) and Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor), who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Hit! (1973)

















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    Storyline
    A federal agent, Nick Allen (Billy Dee Williams, The Final Comedown and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings) whose daughter dies of a drug overdose is determined to destroy the ring that supplied her. He organizes a small independent task force of mercenaries to travel to France in order to kill the nine leaders of a Marseilles drug syndicate. The motley crew of angry American citizens includes construction worker, Mike Willmer (Richard Pryor, Which Way Is Up? and Greased Lightning); call girls Sherry Nielson (Gwen Wells); rogue cop, Dutch Schiller (Warren J. Kemmerling); college professor Barry Strong (Paul Hampton) and the kindly old Jewish couple, Ida (Janet Brandt) and Herman (Sid Melton), who want to inflict Old Testament revenge upon the syndicate. Photography by legendary cinematographer, John A. Alonzo (Chinatown) with a beautiful score by Lalo Schifrin (Enter The Dragon).