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Trouble Man (1972)

Trouble Man poster
Directed by
Ivan Dixon
Genre
blaxploitation film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective named Mr. T. operates in Los Angeles, taking on criminals with his own brand of justice. He investigates a series of crimes that put him in conflict with local gangsters.

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What happens

Trouble Man is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime thriller film directed by Ivan Dixon and produced and released by 20th Century-Fox. The film stars Robert Hooks as "Mr. T.", a hard-edged private detective who tends to take justice into his own hands. Its popular soundtrack is written, produced and performed by Marvin Gaye. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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