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Truck Turner
''Truck Turner'', also known as ''Black Bullet'', is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Leigh Chapman (under a pseudonym, Jerry Wilkes), and Oscar Williams. Hayes also scored the music for the soundtrack. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with '' Foxy Brown''. Synopsis Mack "Truck" Turner (Hayes) is a former professional football player who becomes a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter after an injury. Truck visits his girlfriend, Annie (Annazette Chase), who is in jail and wants to leave LA when released. Truck and his partner Jerry Barnes go to collect their bounty from Nate Dinwiddie, a bail bondsman, who refers them to Fogarty (Dick Miller), a bail bondsman after a pimp who skipped bail named Gator. The two visit Dorinda (Nichelle Nichols), who runs Gator's stable of prostitutes. Truck and Jerry wait for Gator to visit, and cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Williams (filmmaker)
Oscar Williams was a film actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born in the West Indies and raised in the United States. Filmography Director: *''Death Drug'' (1978) *''Hot Potato (1976 film), Hot Potato'' (1976) (also screenwriter) *''Five on the Black Hand Side'' (1973) *''The Final Comedown'' (1972) (also screenwriter) ( ''Blast!'') Writer: *''Truck Turner'' (1974) (a.k.a. ''Black Bullet'') *''Black Belt Jones'' (1974) References External links * American male film actors American film directors American male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people African-American directors 21st-century African-American people {{US-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cyphers
Charles Cyphers (born July 28, 1939) is an American actor who is known in the horror movie community for his work in the films of John Carpenter, especially his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Carpenter's 1978 movie ''Halloween''. He reprised this role in the 1981 sequel '' Halloween II'' and the 2021 sequel ''Halloween Kills''. Film work Cyphers's first feature film was the 1974 movie ''Truck Turner'', and he first worked with Carpenter in the 1976 action film '' Assault on Precinct 13'', in which he played Starker, one of the ill-fated police officers gunned down by gang members. He later appeared as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the 1978 hit horror movie ''Halloween''. Cyphers worked with Carpenter two years later, playing Dan O'Bannon in '' The Fog'', a 1980 horror film which also starred Tom Atkins, Cyphers's fellow ''Halloween'' cast member Jamie Lee Curtis, his ''Assault on Precinct 13'' co-star Darwin Joston, and Nancy Kyes, who worked with Cyphers in both ''Assault on P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hour (newspaper)
''The Norwalk Hour'' is a daily newspaper published in Norwalk, Connecticut, by Hearst Media Services, Connecticut. It primarily covers and serves the city of Norwalk. History The newspaper was founded in 1871. It was published under the title ''The Evening Hour'' from 1895 into the 1900s, at which point it was renamed ''The Norwalk Hour''. Some time after 1971, it became simply ''The Hour''.About this newspaper: The Hour Chronicling America, , retrieved June 11, 2009. The newspaper covers local news, business, sports, and entertainment, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavor Unit Entertainment
Flavor Unit Entertainment is an American entertainment company originally launched in Jersey City, New Jersey, but is now based in Miami, Florida, United States. The company was founded by Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere in 1995. The company produces films and television shows. In February 2013, Netflix signed an exclusive multi-year licensing deal with Flavor Unit Entertainment. Netflix will have its pick of movies produced by Flavor Unit Entertainment to debut on its streaming service. In April 2014, Flavor Unit Entertainment entered into an exclusive programming partnership with Centric to re-brand the cable television channel as the first network designed for the black woman. The deal includes bringing Flavor Unit Entertainment's '' Single Ladies'' to Centric for a fourth season. On April 26, 2017, MTV announced that they were rebooting the slasher television series ''Scream Scream may refer to: *Screaming, a loud vocalization Amusement rides * Scream (Heide Park), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album ''All Hail the Queen'' on November 28, 1989, featuring the hit single "Ladies First". ''Nature of a Sista''' (1991) was her second and final album with Tommy Boy Records. Latifah starred as Khadijah James on the Fox sitcom ''Living Single'' from 1993 to 1998. Her third album, '' Black Reign'' (1993), became the first album by a solo female rapper to receive a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and spawned the single "U.N.I.T.Y.", which was influential in raising awareness of violence against women and the objectification of Black female sexuality. The track reached the top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and won a Grammy Award. She then starred in the lead role of '' Set It Off'' (1996) and released her fourth al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 and based in Beverly Hills, California. MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions, Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. It hired a number of well known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious film studio, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters and technical production facilities. Its most prosperous era, from 1926 to 1959, was bracketed by two productions of ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben Hur''. After that, it divested itself of the Loews movie theater chain, and, in the 1960s, diversified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGM HD
MGM HD was an all high-definition television cable network owned by the MGM HD Productions subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a division of Amazon's MGM Holdings, Inc. It featured movies from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library of 1,200 movies mastered in a high-definition-compatible format. The films were usually presented uncut and in their original aspect ratio, although some films were edited for content for daytime viewing and commercial breaks were often added during peak viewing hours. MGM HD offered programming like the MGM Channel which is available in 110 countries. Carriage United States At closing, the network was available available via AT&T U-verse, DirecTV, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, and Frontier FiOS and Philo in the United States. MGM HD was removed from the Comcast Xfinity channel lineup in February 2019. The network was removed from Verizon FiOS at the start of 2021, while Dish removed it on August 31, 2022. On October 25, it was confirmed that Amaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine (; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows. Borgnine's film career began in 1951 and included supporting roles in ''China Corsair'' (1951), ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), '' Vera Cruz'' (1954), ''Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955), and ''The Wild Bunch'' (1969). He also played the unconventional lead in many films, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1956, for '' Marty'' (1955), which also won the 1956 Academy Award for Best Picture. Borgnine achieved continuing success in the sitcom ''McHale's Navy'' (1962–1966), in which he played the title character, and co-starred as Dominic Santini in the action series ''Airwolf'' (1984–1986), in addition to a wide variety of other roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for ''The Story of G.I. Joe'' (1945), followed by his starring in several classic film noirs. His acting is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. His best-known films include ''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'' (1944), ''Out of the Past'' (1947), ''River of No Return'' (1954), '' The Night of the Hunter'' (1955), '' Thunder Road'' (1958), '' Cape Fear'' (1962), '' El Dorado'' (1966), ''Ryan's Daughter'' (1970) and ''The Friends of Eddie Coyle'' (1973). He is also known for his television role as U.S. Navy Captain Victor "Pug" Henry in the epic miniseries ''The Winds of War'' (1983) and sequel ''War and Remembrance'' (1988). Mitchum is rated number 23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema. Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr.; February 19, 1924August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Although initially typecasting, typecast as the "heavy" (i.e. villainous character), he later gained prominence for portraying anti-hero, anti-heroes, such as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger on the television series ''M Squad'' (1957–1960). Marvin's notable roles in film included Charlie Strom in ''The Killers (1964 film), The Killers'' (1964), Rico Fardan in ''The Professionals (1966 film), The Professionals'' (1966), Major John Reisman in ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), Ben Rumson in ''Paint Your Wagon (film), Paint Your Wagon'' (1969), Walker in ''Point Blank (1967 film), Point Blank'' (1967), and the Sergeant in ''The Big Red One'' (1980). Marvin achieved numerous accolades when he portrayed both gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Kingi
Henry Kingi (born December 2, 1943) is an American stuntman and actor. As a stuntman he has worked in films like ''Fast Five'' (2011). His acting roles include Goody in ''Car Wash'' (1976), Shell in ''Earth Star Voyager'' (1988), the mean Indian in ''Far Out Man'' (1990), Kungai Demon in ''Parting Gifts'', an episode of ''Angel'' (1999), and George in ''From Mexico with Love'' (2009). As a miscrew he worked in films like ''The Assault'', '' From Paris with Love'', '' Patriots Day'' and '' Colt 45''. Background Henry Kingi was born in Los Angeles on December 2, 1943. He is of Native American, African American, European, and Japanese descent. He has a son, Henry Kingi Jr. who was born in 1970 and also a stuntman. He married actress Lindsay Wagner in May 1981, divorcing in 1984. Together they have sons Dorian (1982) and Alexander (1986). Both sons are also stuntmen. In her book, ''Art of Men (I Prefer Mine Al Dente)'', Kirstie Alley referred to him as the most gloriously cool-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Strohmeier
Tara Strohmeier is a retired actress who appeared in memorable B-movies in the 1970s, many of them made for drive-in theater business and have since acquired large cult followings. Her biggest roles were in ''The Great Texas Dynamite Chase'' (1976), as the sister of the late Claudia Jennings, and ''Van Nuys Boulevard'' (1979) playing a sexy car-hop, "Wanda", who falls in love with a hot-rodder named "Chooch" (played by David Hayward). She also played "Jill McBain" in Joe Dante's ''Hollywood Boulevard'' (1976), and appeared in three films by Jonathan Kaplan: ''The Student Teachers'' (1973), ''Truck Turner'' (1974) and '' 11th Victim'' (1979). Her other film credits include ''Dirty O'Neil'' (1974), ''Candy Stripe Nurses'' (1974), ''Cover Girl Models'' (1975), the John Landis cult-comedy ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), and ''Malibu Beach'' (1978). Retired from acting, Tara lives in Orange County, California Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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