''Bare Knuckles'' is a 1977

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film, starring

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and Gloria Hendry. The film was

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and

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by Don Edmonds.

Plot

L.A.

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, Zachary Kane, is on the hunt for a masked

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on the loose.

Production

Director Edmonds said he didn't get any permits for the movie, it was made for $25,000 with another $25,000 spent for goods and services.

Legacy

It is one of the films that have inspired

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, and it was selected by Tarantino himself to be shown at his Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival in 2007."A Grindhouse Comes to L.A."
/ref> In May 2008, it was being shown by Robert Viharo's son, Will, as part of his long-running

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theater program. Hip-hop duo

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sampled the film's opening theme for the song "Breathing Down Yo Neck", featuring rapper MED, on their debut album Gutter Water.

Cast

— Zachary Kane *

— Jennifer Randall * Michael Heit — Richard Devlin * Gloria Hendry — Barbara Darrow * John Daniels — Black *

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— Pamela Devlin * Essex Smith — Efrom * Richard Kennedy — Police captain * Patrick M. Wright — Max Baumer * Jace — Kido * Kyôko Fuji — Oriental Girl * Valerie Rae Clark — Massage Girl * John Dewey Carter — Deke * James Freedman — Risso * Amber Hunt — Rita

References

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