Black Heat (1976)

R  |   |  Action, Crime, Drama  |  June 1976 (USA)
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Kicks Carter, a streetwise Las Vegs cop, is out to shut down an upscale hotel that is actually a front for a host of illegal activities. A gang headed by the scuzzy Ziggy is running ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview:
Timothy Brown ...
Kicks
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Ziggy
Jana Bellan ...
Terry
Geoffrey Land ...
Tony
Regina Carrol ...
Valerie
Al Richardson ...
Alphonse
Tanya Boyd ...
Stephanie
Darlene Anders ...
Fay
Jerry Mills ...
Narc
Neal Furst ...
Ramirez
Gavin Murrell ...
Mad Bomber
Gene Stowell ...
Messenger
Joe ArrowSmith ...
Cop
Bob Reynolds ...
Cop
J.C. Wells ...
Guido
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Kicks Carter, a streetwise Las Vegs cop, is out to shut down an upscale hotel that is actually a front for a host of illegal activities. A gang headed by the scuzzy Ziggy is running everything from gun-running and loan-sharking to prostitution and drug-dealing, and a beautiful but nosy reporter keeps getting in Kicks' way. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com

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Girls' Hotel  »

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No More Mail Until Tomorrow
by Steve Dorff (as Stephen H. Dorff) and Milton Brown
Performed by Regina Carrol (uncredited)
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Cheap, tacky action
21 December 2000 | by (Toronto,Ontario) – See all my reviews

Black Heat is available under many titles, as are most films made by the late exploitation director Al Adamson. Also like many Adamson films, there are no major name stars, only a few washed up names and a few never-quite-made-it names. The story features a black cop in Vegas (Timothy Brown) out to nail bad guys. That's it. The plot is as thin as an average TV cop show from the same period. It's interesting to see Russ Tamblyn playing a really gritty, despicable character. It's hard to believe he's the same guy who played Riff back in the film version of "West Side Story". There's a couple of OK action scenes but the film is pretty tame by today's standards. At least it has a distinctive 70s feel to it. Brown is OK in the lead but didn't have much of a movie career.


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