The Guy from Harlem (1977)

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Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all his sharp street smarts and fierce fighting skills to find another woman who's been abducted by the evil Big Daddy.
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Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all his sharp street smarts and fierce fighting skills to find another woman who's been abducted by the evil Big Daddy.

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Wildman Steve plays a bum who agrees to allow an experimental drug to be administered to him. What he doesn't realize is that the doctor who's doing the experiment is a criminal, trying to create an unstoppable thief that's immune to bullets. Steve gains all the powers that Superman has, and after getting his revenge against all those who harassed him on the street, discovers the truth about the doctor's plans for him.
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2.9
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The Six Thousand Dollar Nigger

1979

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The Baron

A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia.
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4.5
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Bucktown

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.
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5.7
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The Legend of Nigger Charley

A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
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6.4
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The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972

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Brotherhood of Death

A group of Black soldiers are home from the war and head to a small Southern town. The town is dominated by a group of Klansmen who keep the Black majority from voting or being treated like human beings. However, these newcomers convince the local population to register to vote so they can take back power and achieve justice. When hundreds show up to register, the Klan responds with violence. Eventually, though, the Black community has little choice other than fight back and the film ends with a small war between these combat vets and the Klan.
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5.6
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Brotherhood of Death

1976

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The Muthers

A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
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4.9
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The Muthers

1976

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Death Journey

Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He buddies up with the witness, an accountant, and they hit the road. Outwitting their foes means taking all manner of conveyance, including automobile, train, and airplane.
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4.7
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Death Journey

1976

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Mean Johnny Barrows

A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
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5.5
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Mean Johnny Barrows

1975

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Mean Mother

Two Vietnam deserters go their separate ways, become criminals and are eventually reunited.
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3.1
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Mean Mother

1974

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The Black Alley Cats

Wanting revenge on a street gang for a rape attack, four young girls get together, take kung-fu lessons, learn how to shoot, form a gang called the Black Alley Cats and search out the gang that attacked them.
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6.0
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The Black Alley Cats

1973

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Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

A Black hit man poses as a Baptist preacher in a ghetto church. He decides to take over the local rackets.
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6.0
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Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

1973

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Black Fist

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
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4.3
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Black Fist

1977

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Abar, the First Black Superman

Upon moving into a bigoted neighborhood, the scientist father of a persecuted black family gives a superpower elixir to a tough bodyguard, who thus becomes a superpowered crimefighter.
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4.4
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Abar, the First Black Superman

1977

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Hammer

Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
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5.4
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Welcome Home Brother Charles

After wrongly doing time in prison for murder, a man seeks revenge on a racist law enforcement system and the detective who framed him.
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4.7
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Welcome Home Brother Charles

1975

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Devil's Express

Luke and his friend Rodan take a break from the city streets to train in kung fu in China. Whilst there, Rodan steals an ancient amulet which prevents an evil spirit from leaving his tomb. The evil spirit, now free, possesses somebody and follows the pair back to New York City, where it lurks in the subways, killing and mutilating its victims. Can kung fu master Luke right Rodan's wrong and put a stop to the killings?
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4.6
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Devil's Express

1976

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Black Samson

Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
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5.0
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Black Samson

1974

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Death Promise

An apartment dweller goes on a search-and-destroy mission to kill the ruthless landlords who murdered his father.
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5.2
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Death Promise

1977

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Detroit 9000

After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
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5.4
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Detroit 9000

1973

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Black Trash

A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.
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4.8
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Black Trash

1976

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Savage Sisters

A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.
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4.6
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Savage Sisters

1974

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I Escaped from Devil's Island

In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.
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4.7
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I Escaped from Devil's Island

1973

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Darktown Strutters

When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.
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5.0
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Darktown Strutters

1975

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Black Gunn

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
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5.8
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Black Gunn

1972

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Cool Breeze

A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.
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4.9
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Cool Breeze

1972

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