Bare Knuckles
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| Directed by | Don Edmonds |
| Written by | Don Edmonds |
| Produced by | Don Edmonds |
| Starring | Robert Viharo Sherry Jackson Gloria Hendry John Daniels |
| Music by | Vic Caesar |
| Distributed by | MGM |
Release date | September 1977 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000[1] |
Bare Knuckles is a 1977 blaxploitation film, starring Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written and directed by Don Edmonds.
Plot[edit]
L.A. bounty hunter, Zachary Kane, is on the hunt for a masked serial killer on the loose.
Production[edit]
Director Edmonds said he didn't get any permits for the movie, it was made for $25,000 with another $25,000 spent for goods and services.[1]
Legacy[edit]
It is one of the films that have inspired Quentin Tarantino,[1] and it was selected by Tarantino himself to be shown at his Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival in 2007.[2] In May 2008, it was being shown by Robert Viharo's son, Will, as part of his long-running Thrillville theater program.
Hip-hop duo Gangrene sampled the film's opening theme for the song "Breathing Down Yo Neck", featuring rapper MED, on their debut album Gutter Water.
Cast[edit]
- Robert Viharo — Zachary Kane
- Sherry Jackson — Jennifer Randall
- Michael Heit — Richard Devlin
- Gloria Hendry — Barbara Darrow
- John Daniels — Black
- Karen Kondazian — Pamela Devlin
- Essex Smith — Efrom
- Richard Kennedy — Police captain
- Patrick M. Wright — Max Baumer
- Jace — Kido
- Kyôko Fuji — Oriental Girl
- Valerie Rae Clark — Massage Girl
- John Dewey Carter — Deke
- James Freedman — Risso
- Amber Hunt — Rita
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 'Grindhouse' vs. Grindhouse Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A Grindhouse Comes to L.A."
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