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Famous blaxploitation films
- Abby (1974) was a blaxploitation version of The Exorcist
and starred then rising star Carol Speed as a virtuous
young woman possessed by a demon; Ms. Speed also sings
the title song. William H. Marshall (of Blacula fame)
conducts the exorcism of Abby on the floor of a
discotheque.
- Across 110th Street (1972) is a crime thriller about two
detectives (played by Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto)
who try to catch a group of robbers who stole $300,000
from the mob before the mob catches up with them.
- Black Belt Jones (1974)—Better known for his role as
“Mister Williams” from the Bruce Lee film Enter the
Dragon; Jim Kelly was given a leading role in this
martial arts film. In it he plays Black Belt Jones, a
federal agent/martial arts expert who takes on the mob
as he avenges the murder of a karate school owner.
- Black Caesar (1973) Fred Williamson plays Tommy Gibbs, a
street smart hoodlum who worked his way up from the
bottom of the barrel to the crime boss of Harlem.
- The Black Gestapo (1975) Rod Perry plays General Ahmed
who has started an inner-city People's Army to try and
relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the
Mafia moves in, they establish a military style squad.
Blaxploitation - Black Mama, White Mama
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