Black Action Films
Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 235 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases
by James Robert Parish and George H. Hill
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From the late 1960s on, one profitable Hollywood movie genre in particular has deserved more critical attention and documentation. These are the very popular, slam-bang, heavy-duty, ethnic action feature films like Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Black Caesar (1973), Black Gunn (1972), Blacula (1972), Blue Collar (1978), Cleopatra Jones (1973), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Foxy Brown (1978), Greased Lightning (1977), Hammer (1972), Hell Up in Harlem (1973), Hit! (1973), The Lost Man (1969), The Mack (1973), Penitentiary (1979), A Piece of the Action (1977), Shaft (1971), Slaughter (1972), Soul Soldiers (1970), The Split (1968), Super Fly (1972), Three the Hard Way (1974), White Fire (1985), and Willie Dynamite (1973). In Black Action Films this vibrant movie genre is given its due in this comprehensive compilation of several exciting filmmaking decades. For each of the 235 feature films and made-for-TV movies covered, there are detailed filmographic data with full cast and credit listings, plus an essay interweaving a synopsis of the film, contemporary critical quotes, production information, and an analysis of the film and its stats.
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