Hangup

1974 film by Henry Hathaway
  • William Elliott
  • Marki Bey
  • Cliff Potts
CinematographyRobert B. HauserEdited byChris KaeselauMusic byTony Camillo
Production
company
Brut Productions
Distributed by
  • Warner Bros.
  • Dimension Pictures (1975 release)
Release date
  • October 1, 1974 (1974-10-01)
Running time
94 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Hangup, also called Hang Up and later released under the name Super Dude,[1] is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey.[2] This was the last film directed by Hathaway.[3]

The film falls in the blaxploitation subgenre of "vigilante group cleans up ghetto streets".[4] The film follows a black policeman seeking revenge on the man who got his girlfriend addicted to heroin.[5] The film was distributed by American International Pictures, one of the many films it targeted to the new youth market.[6] Josiah Howard states that the marketing "almost makes it look like a spoof of the genre."[3] Howard described the film as "low budget and flashy, but fast-moving and consistently entertaining."[3] Leonard Maltin wrote "Hathaway has done many fine films, but this, his last, isn't one."[7]

Plot

Cast

  • William Elliott as Ken
  • Cliff Potts as Lou
  • Marki Bey as Julie
  • Jerry Ayres as Jerry
  • Wally Taylor as Sergeant Becker
  • Barbara Baldavin as Beverly
  • Morris Buchanan as Dave
  • Rafael Campos as "Longnose"
  • Bob Delegall as Jennings
  • George Murdock as Captain Gorney
  • Louie Elias as Detective
  • Duffy Hambleton as Detective
  • Mark Russell as Detective
  • Lynn Hamilton as Mrs. Ramsey
  • Herbert Jefferson, Jr. as Ben
  • Michael Lerner as Richards
  • Timothy Blake as Gwen

See also

References

  1. ^ Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak. Scarecrow Press. 2009. pp. 222–. ISBN 9780810867062.
  2. ^ "Hangup (1974) - Henry Hathaway - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ^ a b c Howard, Josiah (2008). Blaxploitation cinema: the essential reference guide. FAB Press. ISBN 9781903254370. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ^ Stevenson, Jack (2000-09-01). Addicted: The Myth and Menace of Drugs in Film. Creation. ISBN 9781840680232. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ^ Martinez, Gerald; Martínez, Diana; Chavez, Andres (1998-10-18). What it is, what it was!: the Black film explosion of the '70s in words and pictures. Hyperion. ISBN 9780786883776. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  6. ^ Marich, Robert (2005). Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies Used by Major Studios and Independents. Taylor & Francis. pp. 253–. ISBN 9780240806877. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  7. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2009-08-04). Leonard Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide. Penguin Group US. pp. 1283–. ISBN 9781101108765. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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