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Audiences rate it 53 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Audiences rate it 53 points higher than critics do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Ivan DixonDirector
- John D. F. BlackWriter
- Marvin GayeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert HooksMr. T
- William SmithersCaptain Joe Marx
- Paul WinfieldChalky Price
- Ralph WaitePete Cockrell
- Paula KellyCleo
- Gordon JumpSalter
- Jeannie BellLeona
- Stack PierceCollie
- Julius HarrisBig
- Harry CaesarWalter - Pool Room Patron
- Lawrence CookBuddy
- Virginia CapersMacy
Stills
Themes
policegambling