Stella StevensStella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress. Stevens began her acting career in 1959 in the musical Say One for Me, winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She then starred in films such as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
Jack StarrettClaude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal policeman Art Galt in the 1982 action filmFirst Blood. He also played the cruel foreman Swick in The River (1984).
Jim BrownPro Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameJames Nathaniel Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023) was an American professional football player, civil rights activist, and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1965.Don Gordon (actor)Don Gordon (born Donald Walter Guadagno; November 13, 1926 – April 24, 2017) was an American film and television actor. His most notable film roles were those in which he appeared alongside his friend Steve McQueen: Bullitt (1968), Papillon (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974).
Cameron Mitchell (actor)Cameron Mitchell (born Cameron McDowell Mitzell; November 4, 1918 – July 6, 1994) was an American actor whose career spanned 55 years across film, stage, and television. Mitchell began his career on Broadway before entering films in the 1950s, appearing in several major features.
Vietnam veteranA Vietnam veteran is an individual who performed active ground, naval, or air service in the Republic of Vietnam, or served the country as a nurse during the Vietnam War. The term has been used to describe veterans who served in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and other South Vietnam–backed allies, whether or not they were stationed in Vietnam during their service.
Car bombImprovised explosive deviceThe result of the 1995 Oklahoma City truck bombing, which destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah building and killed 168 people
Marlene ClarkMarlene Clark (December 19, 1937 – May 18, 2023) was an American actress, animator and fashion model. Clark was best known for her portrayals of Ganja Meda in the 1973 horror film Ganja & Hess and Janet Lawson, Lamont's girlfriend in the sitcom Sanford and Son from its fifth season in 1975 until the series conclusion in 1977. Early lifeBorn on December 19, 1937, in New York City, or Los Angeles (sources differ), Clark was raised in the Harlem section of New York.
MafiaInformally or generally, a mafia is any of various criminal organizations that include, or bear a strong similarity to, the original Sicilian Mafia, the Italian-American Mafia, or other Italian organized crime groups. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals, as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through violence.Slaughter's Big Rip-OffSlaughter's Big Rip-Off is a 1973 blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Charles Eric Johnson. The film stars Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Don Stroud, Brock Peters, Gloria Hendry and Dick Anthony Williams. The film was released on August 31, 1973, by American International Pictures. It is the sequel to the 1972 film Slaughter.
Rip TornElmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn's portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996.
BlaxploitationIn American cinema, Blaxploitation is the film subgenre of action movie derived from the exploitation film genre that began in the late 1960s and flourished throughout the early to mid-1970s, consequent to the combined cultural momentum of the Black civil rights movement and the Black power movement, political and sociological circumstances that facilitated Black artists reclaiming their power of the representation of the Black ethnic identity in the arts.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.