Bucktown (1975)
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53% of users liked it
(937 ratings)
A man moves to the small and racially divided town where his bar-owning brother was murdered after he refused to pay crooked white cops for "protection." When he is threatened himself, he calls in some hefty men to help him, but they instead decide to take over the town. In order to oust… More A man moves to the small and racially divided town where his bar-owning brother was murdered after he refused to pay crooked white cops for "protection." When he is threatened himself, he calls in some hefty men to help him, but they instead decide to take over the town. In order to oust the baddies, the hero becomes a one-man army with a mission. This blaxploitationer features the action hero, Fred Williamson. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
- Directed By
- Arthur Marks, Bernie Hamilton
- Genres
- Classics, Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1975 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Jon Lap, Apollo Guide
What began as a genre of films exploiting the black audience by taking their dollars to satisfy a need to see themselves succeed, wore itself thin by developing into a transparent set of conventions.
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Cast
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Fred Williamson
as Duke
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Pam Grier
as Aretha
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Thalmus Rasulala
as Roy
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Tony King
as T.J.
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Bernie Hamilton
as Harley
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Art Lund
as Chief Patterson
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Tierre Turner
as Steve
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Morgan Upton
as Sam
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Carl Weathers
as Hambone
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Jim Bohan
as Clete
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Robert Burton
as Merle
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Gene Simms
as Josh
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Bruce Watson
as Bag Man
