Monday, March 12, 2018

TROUBLE MAN 1972 (FOX)

A great film directed by Ivan Dixon.

Robert Hooks stars as Mr. T, a supercool private detective hired by two men whose crap games are being knocked off by a gang of masked men.

The two men, Chalky (Paul Winfield) and Pete (Ralph Waite) are anxious for answers, and T tries to keep everything under control. T attends one of the crap games and as expected the masked men break in, but this time one of the men is shot and killed.

It becomes apparent that T is being set up for murder, and police captain Joe Marx (William Smithers) is more than willing to arrest T. He and T hate one another basically because T is far more successful that Marx.

T finds himself getting in a very tight spot when his friends are being beaten up and threatened. He has his girlfriend Cleo (Paula Kelly) leave town for her safety. He then begins a course of revenge on the man who really set him up.

I don't see why this gets so many bad reviews. It's a hell of an action film and it never gets boring, or slows down. Ralph Waite turns in a great performance as Pete Cockrell. Waite plays him as a two timing, back stabbing son of a bitch with a very hidden but psychotic side.

This is a very solid example of Black Action Cinema and one that reall shouldn't be missed for fans of the genre. The soundtrack is a great one by Marvin Gaye. Director Ivan Dixon is best known for his long role as Kinchloe on "Hogan's Heroes". Recommended!!

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