Movies by Fred Williamson
As part of the cast:
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Last Ounce of Courage (2012)
Cast: Marshall R. Teague, Jennifer O'Neill, Hunter Gomez …
Directed by: Darrel Campbell, Kevin McAfee
Bitter small-town mayor Bob Revere experiences a spiritual reawakening when his grandson, who has lost his father to war, questions what each person is doing to make a difference in the lives…
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American Grindhouse (2010)
Cast: Robert Forster, Joe Dante, Jack Hill …
Directed by: Elijah Drenner
Oscar-nominated actor Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) narrates this explosive toast to the American exploitation film, an admittedly lowbrow art form with undeniably high entertainment value --…
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Shoot the Hero (2009)
Cast: Jason Mewes, Samantha Lockwood, Danny Trejo …
Directed by: Christian Sesma
While browsing in a jewelry store, two lovebirds get caught up in a robbery gone awry and become targets of a mobster who wants to ice all witnesses. But with a pair of hit men in hot…
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Revamped (2008)
Cast: Tane McClure, Jeff Rector, Martin Kove …
Directed by: Jeff Rector
After a sexy encounter with a beautiful woman named Lilith (Tane McClure), successful businessman Richard Clarke (Jeff Rector) soon discovers that the "love bite" he's received has…
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Fighting Words (2007)
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Jeff Stearns, Fred Willard …
Directed by: E. Paul Edwards
After down-on-his-luck coffeehouse poet Jake Thompson (Jeff Stearns) catches the attention of publisher Marni Elliot (Tara D'Agostino) at a slam poetry contest, their business…
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Spaced Out (2006)
Cast: James Vallo, Greg Maurer, Michael Wexler …
Directed by: Scott Grenke
Extraterrestrials prepare to wreak havoc on Earth when they send abducted and brainwashed reporter Al Manac back to the planet on a probing mission. But will Al obey his alien captors or will…
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Crooked (2005)
Cast: Gary Busey, Olivier Gruner, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Art Camacho
When a call girl witnesses a gangland hit, she becomes the mob's next target, and the only people who can save her are mismatched cops Danny Tyler (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) and Phil…
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Transformed (2005)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Adam James, Sherry Zerwin …
Directed by: Leo Fong
Action star Fred Williamson battles corrupt city government officials in this gripping martial arts thriller from writer-director Leo Fong. When Bob (Williamson) uncovers a scheme to fund…
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Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg …
Directed by: Todd Phillips
One of television's most popular duos heads to the big screen in this parody of the popular 1970s series. Join uptight David Starsky (Ben Stiller) and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson…
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Vegas Vampires (2004)
Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Glenn Plummer, Richard Roundtree …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
A series of brutal murders at several top nightclubs have left the Las Vegas police department baffled. But when they discover that the killers are a group of bloodsucking vampires led by Q…
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The River Niger / Get Christie Love / Mean Johnny Barrows / Lady Cocoa (2003)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Fred Williamson …
Celebrate the oft-overlooked blaxploitation genre with this four-film compilation that features an array of influential African American actors, including Billy Dee Williams, Louis Gossett…
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BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
Cast: Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes …
Directed by: Isaac Julien
Filmmaker Isaac Julien takes us back to the early 1970s and the explosion of blaxploitation films, one of America's most beloved cult genres. These fun and energetic films had all the…
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On the Edge (2002)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Gary Busey, Bernie Casey …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson directs and stars as ex-cop Dakota Smith in this exciting actioner that features the last performance of Ron O'Neal (Superfly). When a young basketball player is…
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Pitch (2001)
Cast: Al Pacino, Eric Stoltz, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice
Spencer Rice and Kenny Hotz, two floundering filmmakers and childhood friends, try to pitch their comedy script to Hollywood bigwigs who've gathered at the Toronto International Film…
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Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
Cast: Beyoncé Knowles, Mekhi Phifer, Mos Def …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Beyoncé Knowles and Mekhi Phifer star in Bizet's famed opera of passion, romance, betrayal and tragedy, retold hip-hop style. Knowles is the mesmerizing and irresistible Carmen, a…
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Rhapsody (2001)
Cast: Glenn Plummer, Fred Williamson, Ice-T …
Directed by: Don Abernathy
Two boys try to dodge the rough-and-tumble obstacle course that is street life in this urban action thriller. Years later, they meet again as grown men and discover that life has dealt each…
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Shadow Fury (2001)
Cast: Sam Bottoms, Masakatsu Funaki, Pat Morita …
Directed by: Makoto Yokoyama
Expelled from his research group by his colleagues, mad scientist Dr. Oh (Pat Morita) uses his knowledge of human cloning and mind control to create Takeru (Masakatsu Funaki), the ultimate…
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The Independent (2000)
Cast: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich …
Directed by: Stephen Kessler
Morty Fineman is an independent schlock film producer with a problem: He's broke and can't finance his new film about a singing serial killer. So he tries to rekindle interest in…
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Whatever It Takes (1999)
Cast: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Andrew Dice Clay, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Brady Makenzie
Unorthodox veteran cops Neil DeMarco (Don Wilson) and Dave Menardi (Andrew Dice Clay) masquerade as drug dealers to gain the confidence of cigar-chomping Paulie Salano (Fred Williamson), who…
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Active Stealth (1999)
Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Fred Williamson, Tim Abell …
Directed by: Fred Olen Ray
Conspiracy and deceit season this action film set in the heart of Central America's illegal narcotics operations. While escorting a traveling U.S. congressman, military pilot Capt.…
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Night Vision (1998)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Cynthia Rothrock, Robert Forster …
Directed by: Gil Bettman
A cold-hearted serial killer who captures each of his bloody conquests on videotape -- a psychopath known as "The Stalker" (Robert Prentiss) -- is on the loose, and it's up to alcoholic…
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Blackjack (1998)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Kate Vernon, Phillip MacKenzie …
Directed by: John Woo
Dolf Lundgren plays Jack Devlin, a U.S. Marshall-turned-bodyguard, in this feature-length TV pilot from action master John Woo (Face/Off). After saving a friend's daughter from…
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Children of the Corn 5: Fields of Terror (1998)
Cast: Stacy Galina, Alexis Arquette, Ahmet Zappa …
Directed by: Ethan Wiley
Six college students out for a ride get into trouble when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and they miss the bus that could have led them to safety. Bunking down in an…
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Bad Azz Muthaz: Black Punisher (1998)
Cast: Fred Williamson
This first of three funky films from the 1970s features blaxploitation star Fred Williamson as Lieutenant Malone, who's alone in his attempts to prevent a dangerous Serbian terrorist…
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Full Tilt Boogie (1997)
Cast: Rick Stribling, Ken Bondy, Amy Minda Cohen …
Directed by: Sarah Kelly
This documentary chronicles the production of Robert Rodriguez's 1996 action thriller From Dusk Till Dawn, featuring extensive interviews with the cast and crew that cover a variety of…
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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Cast: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel …
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Robbers-on-the-lam Seth and Richard Gecko take an ex-preacher and his kids hostage. On a race to the Mexican border, they rendezvous at a cantina, not knowing the owners and clientele are…
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Original Gangstas (1996)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier …
Directed by: Larry Cohen
Former NFL star John Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown of Gary, Indiana, after a 15-year absence -- outraged after learning that an ultra-violent gang has killed his father…
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From Dusk Till Dawn: Full Tilt Boogie (1996)
Cast: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez …
Directed by: Sarah Kelly
This documentary feature will give you an insider's look behind the scenes of Robert Rodriguez's darkly comic supernatural thriller. On-set interviews and footage offer plenty of…
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Never Say Die / Silent Hunter (1995)
Cast: Lynne Adams, Billy Drago, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Yossi Wein, Fred Williamson
Revenge is the operative word in this two-pack of hard-hitting action films. In Never Say Die, a former Special Forces soldier (Frank Zagarino) gets called back into service when a…
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Warrior of the Lost World (1993)
Cast: Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: David Worth
A lost horizon greets the Mystery Science Theater hosts as they endure this road flick about a rider (Robert Ginty) who cruises the postapocalyptic highway on his supersonic hog, has a fender…
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State of Mind (1992)
Cast: Lisa Gaye, Don Hannah, Pablo Catry …
Directed by: Reginald Adamson
When a young couple (Don Hannah and Lisa Gaye) is almost killed in a horrific car accident, it seems like a miracle when an ex-nurse shows up to help them. Instead of treating them on the…
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Night Caller (1992)
Cast: Isabel Sanford, Robert Forster, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson co-directs and stars in this thriller as Detective Mack Derringer. When his ex-wife (Vanity), a phone-sex worker, starts receiving obsessive phone calls from a stalker who…
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Steele's Law (1991)
Cast: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Phyllis Cicero …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Tough Chicago detective John Steele (Fred Williamson) arrives in Dallas on the trail of a sadistic killer named Keno (Doran Inghram). Helping Steele on the case are a local beauty (Phyllis…
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Soda Cracker (1989)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Maud Adams, Bo Svenson …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
When a mysterious gunman murders his partner, merciless Chicago cop Soda Cracker (director Fred Williamson) hits the streets to hunt down Ivan Moss (Bo Svenson), the number-one suspect and a…
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Black Cobra 2 (1988)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Emma Hoagland, Nicholas Hammond …
After being reprimanded for his brutal maverick tactics, Chicago cop Robert Malone (Fred Williamson) is sent to the Philippines, where he teams with by-the-book Lt. Kevin McCall (Nicholas…
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Deadly Intent (1988)
Cast: Lisa Eilbacher, Steve Railsback, Maud Adams …
Directed by: Nigel Dick
Soon after her archaeologist husband (Lance Henriksen) returns from an excursion in the jungle and sneaks a valuable gemstone into their house, unsuspecting Laura Keaton (Lisa Eilbacher)…
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Fred Williamson: Strike of the Black Cobra (1987)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Eva Grimaldi, Karl Landgren …
Directed by: Stelvio Massi
It's a triple dose of Fred "The Hammer" Williamson as the action star portrays crime-fighting undercover cop Robert Malone. In Black Cobra, Malone protects a female photographer (Eva…
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Bad Azz Muthaz: Black Cobra (1987)
Cast: Eva Grimaldi, Fred Williamson, Karl Landgren …
Shining a spotlight on blaxploitation gems of the 1970s and '80s, the "Bad Azz Muthaz" series continues with the story of a fashion photographer (Eva Grimaldi) whose work places her at…
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Inglorious Bastards 2: Hell Heroes / Bridge to Hell / Warbus 2 / Apocalypse Mercenaries (1986)
Cast: Miles O'Keeffe, Fred Williamson, Scott Green …
Directed by: Pierluigi Ciriaci, Leandro Lucchetti, Stelvio Massi …
Murder, mayhem and machine guns are in ample supply in this testosterone-filled B-movie quadruple bill from grind house directors Stelvio Massi, Umberto Lenzi, Pierluigi Ciriaci and Leandro…
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Warrior of the Lost World (1985)
Cast: Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: David Worth
After the Earth is rendered almost uninhabitable by radiation, a new, tyrannical power arrives to take charge: Omega Force. But just when all looks lost, a fighter known simply as The Rider…
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Deadly Impact (1984)
Cast: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Marcia Clingan …
Directed by: Fabrizio De Angelis
After a computer whiz devises a foolproof method for beating the slots in Las Vegas, casino-hired thugs pay him and his girlfriend a visit to retrieve his winnings. Now, a rogue cop and his…
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White Fire (1984)
Cast: Robert Ginty, Belinda Mayne, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Jean-Marie Pallardy
When they discover that the 200-carat "White Fire" diamond is within their reach, brother-and-sister diamond smugglers Bo (Robert Ginty) and Ingrid Donnelly (Belinda Mayne) set their sites on…
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Vigilante (1983)
Cast: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright …
Directed by: William Lustig
Despite the lowlifes who tear up the neighborhood of family man Eddie Marino, he refuses to join a citizens' mob out to clean up the streets. But that changes after a gang assaults his…
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New Gladiators (1983)
Cast: Claudio Cassinelli, Cosmi Cinieri, Eleanor Gold …
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
This special effects-filled sci-fi satire centers on a ruthless TV network's plot to score a global ratings victory by pitting condemned murderers against each other in a spectacular…
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The Big Score (1983)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Nancy Wilson, John Saxon …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Chicago narcotics detective Frank Hooks (Fred "The Hammer" Williamson) goes after the thugs who framed him in this action-packed crime tale. Hooks is kicked off the force after he's…
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The New Barbarians (1982)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Zora Kerova, Venantino Venantini …
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
It's 2019, and a nuclear holocaust has devastated the world. Soldiers of fortune Nadir (Fred Williamson) and Scorpion (Giancarlo Prete) find themselves in the unenviable position of…
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1990: Bronx Warriors (1982)
Cast: Mark Gregory, Stefania Girolami Goodwin, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
In a near future when violent gangs rule the Bronx streets, runaway Manhattan heiress Ann (Stefania Girolami Goodwin) shacks up with biker Trash (Mark Gregory) and upsets the fragile social…
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Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)
Cast: Bruce Lee, Fred Williamson, Ron Van Clief …
Directed by: Matthew Mallinson
Prior to a martial arts tournament to proclaim "the next Bruce Lee" at the Madison Square Garden, a reporter exposes a theory that the recently deceased kung fu legend was murdered with the…
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Inglorious Bastards (1978)
Cast: Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
In this 1978 cult classic, five escaped military prisoners -- killers, deserters and thieves among them -- set out across World War II France in search of freedom, led by two rebellious tough…
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Warriors of the Wasteland / Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977)
Cast: Giancarlo Prete, Fred Williamson, George Eastman …
Directed by: Alfonso Brescia, Enzo G. Castellari
Fred Williamson and John Richardson headline the sci-fi thrillers that make up this grindhouse double bill from Italian directors Enzo G. Castellari and Alfonso Brescia. In Warriors of the…
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One Down Two to Go / Brotherhood of Death: Double Feature (1976)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly …
Directed by: Fred Williamson, Bill Berry
It's double trouble -- courtesy of some butt-kicking he-men -- in a couple of features that will have you crying "uncle!" Richard Roundtree stars as a kung fu promoter who gets ripped…
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Adios Amigo (1976)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn…
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The Vigilantes: Joshua / China 9, Liberty 37 (1976)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Warren Oates, Calvin Bartlett …
Directed by: Larry Spangler, Monte Hellman
Starved for Wild West carbs? This double serving of classic spaghetti Westerns celebrates the renegades and heroes who took the law into their own hands and coined the term "vigilante…
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Bucktown (1975)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala …
Directed by: Arthur Marks, Bernie Hamilton
After traveling to a small Southern town for his murdered brother's funeral, Duke (Fred Williamson) and his girlfriend, Aretha (Pam Grier), decide to reopen the dead man's…
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Vintage Movie Classics: One Man Army (1975)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Fabrizio De Angelis, Bo Svenson …
Directed by: Fabrizio De Angelis, Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson (otherwise known as The Hammer) stars in this triple feature of blaxploitation classics. 1975's Death Journey has him on the road with a witness to a crime, whom he must…
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Take a Hard Ride (1975)
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
In an unexpected twist, this 1970s classic melds Wild West adventure with the world of blaxploitation, following a group of mismatched riders -- a tough-talking trail boss (Jim Brown), a…
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Boss (1975)
Cast: Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, William Smith …
Directed by: Jack Arnold
When African-American bounty hunters Boss (Fred Williamson) and Amos (D'Urville Martin) pursue an outlaw into a remote frontier settlement, Boss stirs up a hornet's nest of protest…
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Black Caesar (1973)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Julius Harris …
Directed by: Larry Cohen
This classic blaxploitation adventure follows Tommy Gibbs (Fred "The Hammer" Williamson), a street-wise tough who's worked his way up from a shoe-shine boy to a Harlem crime lord with an…
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Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry …
Directed by: Larry Cohen
The 1973 film Black Caesar proved so popular that the gangster from that movie, Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson), was resurrected from the dead for a sequel released later that same year. Gibbs…
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That Man Bolt (1973)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama …
Directed by: Henry Levin
Fred "Hammer" Williamson stars as Jefferson Bolt, an internationally renowned money man who gets roped into the perilous and intoxicating world of espionage in this 1973 blaxploitation film…
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Hammer (1972)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee …
Directed by: Bruce D. Clark
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson struts his macho stuff in the classic blaxploitation film from the early 1970s that gave him his moniker. B.J. Hammer (Williamson) gets discovered for his boxing…
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MASH (1970)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Director Robert Altman's thinly veiled Vietnam War satire is indicative of when the spirit of the 1970s went mainstream, with Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland and Tom Skerritt as Army…
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Tony Arzenta / Bandidos / Blind Rage / Godfather's Daughter (1967)
Cast: Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina …
Directed by: Duccio Tessari, Efren C. Piñon, Massimo Dallamano …
Mob hit men, bank robberies, revenge plots and more converge in this quadruple feature of crime stories, kicking off with Tony Arzenta, in which Alain Delon stars as a mafia assassin eager to…
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Lexie (2004)
Cast: Ice-T, Cindy Herron, David Alan Grier …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Years after abandoning a 1980s music-producing career, aimless stockbroker Ricardo (Richard Brooks) becomes infatuated with a captivating nightclub dancer named Lexie (Cindy Herron), who…
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Vegas Vampires (2004)
Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Glenn Plummer, Richard Roundtree …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
A series of brutal murders at several top nightclubs have left the Las Vegas police department baffled. But when they discover that the killers are a group of bloodsucking vampires led by Q…
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On the Edge (2002)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Gary Busey, Bernie Casey …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson directs and stars as ex-cop Dakota Smith in this exciting actioner that features the last performance of Ron O'Neal (Superfly). When a young basketball player is…
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Never Say Die / Silent Hunter (1995)
Cast: Lynne Adams, Billy Drago, Fred Williamson …
Directed by: Yossi Wein, Fred Williamson
Revenge is the operative word in this two-pack of hard-hitting action films. In Never Say Die, a former Special Forces soldier (Frank Zagarino) gets called back into service when a…
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Night Caller (1992)
Cast: Isabel Sanford, Robert Forster, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson co-directs and stars in this thriller as Detective Mack Derringer. When his ex-wife (Vanity), a phone-sex worker, starts receiving obsessive phone calls from a stalker who…
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Steele's Law (1991)
Cast: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Phyllis Cicero …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Tough Chicago detective John Steele (Fred Williamson) arrives in Dallas on the trail of a sadistic killer named Keno (Doran Inghram). Helping Steele on the case are a local beauty (Phyllis…
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Soda Cracker (1989)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Maud Adams, Bo Svenson …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
When a mysterious gunman murders his partner, merciless Chicago cop Soda Cracker (director Fred Williamson) hits the streets to hunt down Ivan Moss (Bo Svenson), the number-one suspect and a…
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The Big Score (1983)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Nancy Wilson, John Saxon …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Chicago narcotics detective Frank Hooks (Fred "The Hammer" Williamson) goes after the thugs who framed him in this action-packed crime tale. Hooks is kicked off the force after he's…
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One Down Two to Go / Brotherhood of Death: Double Feature (1976)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly …
Directed by: Fred Williamson, Bill Berry
It's double trouble -- courtesy of some butt-kicking he-men -- in a couple of features that will have you crying "uncle!" Richard Roundtree stars as a kung fu promoter who gets ripped…
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Adios Amigo (1976)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown …
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn…
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Vintage Movie Classics: One Man Army (1975)
Cast: Fred Williamson, Fabrizio De Angelis, Bo Svenson …
Directed by: Fabrizio De Angelis, Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson (otherwise known as The Hammer) stars in this triple feature of blaxploitation classics. 1975's Death Journey has him on the road with a witness to a crime, whom he must…