Black Eye (film)
[1]Black Eye[2] is a 1974[3] neo-noir[4] action film and blaxploitation film produced by Pat Rooney,[5] directed by Jack Arnold and starring Fred Williamson.[6] The film was based on the novel Murder on the Wild Side (published in 1971) by Jeff Jacks.[7]
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Directed by | Jack Arnold |
Written by | Mark Haggard Jeff Jacks (Novel) |
Starring | Fred Williamson |
Music by | Mort Garson |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 98 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
A private detective[8] takes a case involving a religious cult and a movie star's death.[9][10] An LA cop, turned private detective is called to investigate the multiple murders that are all connected to a cane that was stolen, from a deceased silent movie star.[11]
Cast
- Fred Williamson[12] as Stone
- Rosemary Forsyth[13] as Miss Francis
- Teresa Graves[14] as Cynthia
- Richard Anderson as Dole
- Richard X. Slattery as Bowen
- Larry Mann as Avery
- Theodore Wilson as Lindy
Critical response
Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World Movie Reviews wrote: "The gritty blaxploitation crime thriller gives it a good try to be in the Chandler mode.[15]
See also
Reference List
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- Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
- "Patrick Rooney". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- Black Eye, retrieved 2019-04-12
- "Jeff Jacks". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- Miller, Ken. "Black Eye (1974)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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- countelvis (2016-01-10). "Black Eye (1974) Review". Bad Movies for Bad People. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
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- "Teresa Graves". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
[1] 14. Black Eye . Monthly Film Bulletin. FLAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database. Retrieved 2019-04-13