| Black Gunn | |
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| Directed by | Robert Hartford-Davis |
| Screenplay by | Franklin Coen Robert Shearer |
| Story by | Robert Hartford-Davis |
| Produced by | John Heyman Norman Priggen |
| Starring | Jim Brown Martin Landau Brenda Sykes Luciana Paluzzi Vida Blue |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | Pat Somerset |
| Music by | Tony Osborne |
Production companies | Champion Production Company World Arts Media World Film Services |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,015,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
Black Gunn is a 1972 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr. and Luciana Paluzzi. Baseball pitcher Vida Blue appears in a supporting role, as does former football player-turned-actor Bernie Casey.
The film is considered an entry blaxploitation sub-genre, but is unique to the genre in several different ways.[2] Unlike many other blaxploitation films, it was an international co-production by a major studio (Columbia Pictures), produced by non-American filmmakers (director Hartford-Davis and producers Heyman and Priggen were all British) and featuring already-established stars like Landau and Paluzzi. It was Hartford-Davis’ penultimate film before his death in 1977.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 60
- ^ Turner Classic Movies Overview and Synopsis for Black Gunn http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27582/Black-Gunn/