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Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Tough Guys [a.k.a. Three Tough Guys] (1974)








































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Storyline
An ex-con priest, Father Charlie (Lino Ventura), and a framed ex-police officer, Lee (Isaac Hayes), are on the hunt for a murderer that is in search of one million dollars that is missing from a heist. One of the murdered victims' girlfriend, Fay (Paula Kelly), is believed to know where the loot is, so she looks to an arcade and bar owner, Joe Snake (Fred Williamson), to help her evade the people that are trying to kill her.

Monday, September 15, 2008

The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)



















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Storyline
Slick Chicago street hustler Big Daddy Foxx (Yaphet Kotto) lives comfortably off petty confidence scams that he pulls with the help of loyal teenage acolytes Baby 'D (Kirk Calloway), Tiny (Donn Harper) and Player (Thomas Carter). His business is jeopardized, however, when he runs afoul of neighborhood racketeer Goldie (Rudy Ray Moore). Their rivalry escalates until the threat of a freeway being built through their neighborhood obliges them to cooperate in order to fight city hall.