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Monday, July 23, 2012

Charcoal Black [a.k.a. Black Rage] (1974)

























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Two slave brothers, one black, one an albino, discover a treasure map. It look like their prayers for freedom have been answered until their evil taskmaster takes the map away. The brothers attack him and retrieve the map, but their big mistake is not killing the cold blooded foreman. So the chase - and the race - is on! A chase across a swamp from which no man has ever survived...a race between life and death!

Charley-One-Eye (1973)




























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On the run in the desert near the Mexican border after killing an officer,a black soldier (Richard Roundtree) stumbles upon a lame Indian wanderer (Roy Thinnes). Struggling to survive, they reach a deserted church mission and setup camp. But the area is home to ruthless Mexican Bandit - and a bounty hunter (Nigel Davenport) is on the trial of the deserter. In the heat-blasted frontier wilderness of life is hard and killing is easy — but as the fugitives discover, the taking of just one life can change everything...

The Big Score (1983)













Starring:
  • Fred Williamson
  • John Saxon
  • Richard Roundtree
  • Nancy Wilson
  • Ed Lauter
  • Ron Dean
  • D'Urville Martin
  • Michael Dante
  • Joe Spinell

IMDB.com
Chicago police detective Frank Hooks, played by Fred Williamson, busts a drug dealer named Goldie. Goldie gets out on bail, then Frank gets a tip that a $100 million deal is going down. Frank and his partners (ably played by John Saxon and Richard Roundtree) stake the deal out, and break it up, but Goldie escapes with the money. After chasing the criminal on foot, Frank shoots Goldie dead. None of the police can locate the money. Goldie's boss Mayfield suspects that Frank has stolen the money for himself. Meanwhile, Frank is suspended from the police force pending an internal affairs investigation. Mayfield sends two gangsters to find out who snitched about the drug deal, and to which cop. Their informant names Frank Hooks. After Mayfield threatens Frank and his nightclub singer girlfriend (played by Nancy Wilson), the girlfriend's cat turns up dead. The criminals demand the return of their money...