The Candy Tangerine Man

The Candy Tangerine Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMatt Cimber
Written byMikel Angel
Produced byMatt Cimber
StarringJohn Daniels
Eli Haines
Tom Hankason
CinematographyKen Gibb
Edited byBud Warner
Music bySmoke
Production
company
Moonstone Entertainment
Distributed byMoonstone Entertainment
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million[1]

The Candy Tangerine Man is a 1975[2] American action-adventure blaxploitation film[3] starring John Daniels, Eli Haines and Tom Hankason. Distributed by Moonstone Entertainment,[4] it follows the story of the powerful "Black Baron" (Daniels), both a pimp and a doting father. The film was directed and produced by Matt Cimber and written by Mikel Angel under the pseudonym of George Theakos.[5]

  1. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  2. ^ Phil Hardy (1997). The Bfi Companion to Crime. University of California Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780520215382.
  3. ^ Bob McCann (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. p. 387. ISBN 9780786437900.
  4. ^ William L. Van Deburg (2008). Black Camelot: African-American Culture Heroes in Their Times, 1960-1980. University of Chicago Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780226847184.
  5. ^ James Robert Parish; George Hill (1989). Black action films: plots, critiques, casts and credits for 235 theatrical and made-for-television releases. McFarland. ISBN 9780899504568.