To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
Robert Burr
- Logan
- (archive footage)
John Wesley
- Ira
- (archive footage)
- (as John Wesley Rodgers)
Ron Carson
- Big Henry
- (archive footage)
Joseph Ruskin
- Scarletti
- (archive footage)
Morris Buchanan
- Farr
- (as Morris Buchannan)
H.B. Haggerty
- Moose
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Edward James Olmos.
- ConnectionsEdited into Tela Class: Punhos de Merda (2008)
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Richard Lawson has done most of his work for TV, which is too bad. In "Black Fist", Lawson is the diamond-in-the-rough that saves this movie from its low-budget woes. His performance is excellent, and keeps us watching just to see his character unfold.
Another reviewer complained that the surviving print of this film, available on video, is a hatchet job for re-release, possibly to television. That explains frequent continuity gaffs that comprise the film's worst failings.
Some of the other actors are pretty limp; the low-budget cinematography clearly shows effort, but can't get around the fact that the director's ambitions outpaced his available technology. The script gets trite on occasion, although there are also some very strong lines of dialog, and the story is pretty good.
But what truly deserves to be remembered here is Lawsons performance. It's a shame that Hollywood has wasted the potential of men and women of real talent just because of their skin color or ethnicity.
Another reviewer complained that the surviving print of this film, available on video, is a hatchet job for re-release, possibly to television. That explains frequent continuity gaffs that comprise the film's worst failings.
Some of the other actors are pretty limp; the low-budget cinematography clearly shows effort, but can't get around the fact that the director's ambitions outpaced his available technology. The script gets trite on occasion, although there are also some very strong lines of dialog, and the story is pretty good.
But what truly deserves to be remembered here is Lawsons performance. It's a shame that Hollywood has wasted the potential of men and women of real talent just because of their skin color or ethnicity.
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- Also known as
- Bogard
- Filming locations
- Institute of Oral Love - 7722 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, California, USA(Exterior shots. In the 1970s, the Institute Of Oral Love was situated on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Spalding Avenue, Los Angeles. Closed and redeveloped.)
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