Velvet Smooth (1976)
- Directed by
- Michael Fink
- Genre
- blaxploitation film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 3.5 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A female private detective is hired by a crime lord to investigate who is stealing from his criminal enterprise. She goes undercover to uncover the truth.
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What happens
Velvet Smooth is a 1976 American blaxploitation film directed by Michael L. Fink and starring Johnnie Hill. The screenplay concerns a crime lord who hires a female private detective to find out who is stealing his business. This was the only film role for Hill and co-star Emerson Boozer who had played for the New York Jets (1966–1975). It is also notable for being one of the last blaxploitation films to have a central female detective. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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