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The Mack (1973)

R  |   |  Crime, Drama  |  4 April 1973 (USA)
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Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Max Julien ...
Goldie
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Hank
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Slim
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Lulu
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Olinga
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Pretty Tony (as Dick Williams)
William Watson ...
Jed (as William C. Watson)
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Fatman
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Mother
Paul Harris ...
Blind Man
Kai Hernandez ...
Chico
Annazette Chase ...
Junero Jennings ...
Baltimore Bob
Lee Duncan ...
Sgt. Duncan
Stu Gilliam ...
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Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time. Written by Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>

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Max Julien made major contributions in the designing of the much heralded costumes. See more »

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Hank: 35,000 and seven, right?, Motherfucker, can you buy that?
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Referenced in Mack Blaster - Die Welt im Fadenkreuz (2014) See more »

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Brother's Goin' to Work It Out
Words and Music by Willie Hutch
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an Oaktown classic
10 November 1999 | by (CALIfornia) – See all my reviews

Goldie (Max Julien) is a smooth talking ex-con man out to get his game on by becoming one of the most respected playas in the land!

Doing this to get back at the law that locked him up in the first place. I would'nt call this a revenge flick, instead it turns out as a well-acted,actually ambitious, and truthful look of the rise and fall of the mack. One of the top classics of the genre.


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