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Truck Turner (1974)

Truck Turner poster
Directed by
Jonathan Kaplan
Genre
action film, blaxploitation film, crime film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 66 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former football player turned bounty hunter goes after a ruthless pimp in a violent game of cat and mouse. He finds himself hunted after a target puts a price on his head.

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What happens

Truck Turner, also known as Black Bullet, is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Leigh Chapman (under a pseudonym, Jerry Wilkes), and Oscar Williams. Hayes also scored the music for the soundtrack. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Foxy Brown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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