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Quality Ratings: A: Top notch picture and sound, clean as a whistle. B: Strong image, some loss. C: Somewhat fuzzy picture; watchable and adequate for collectors. D: Many generations from source, hard to see; for fanatics only. Click on logo for terms and ordering info!


THE CANDY TANGERINE MAN (1975), violent pimp-vs.-mafioso show, with John Daniels (BLACK SHAMPOO), Tracy King, Barbara Bourbon, Tallie Cochrane, Marva Farmer, Buck Flower, Pat Wright; dir. by Matt Cimber. (1:32, D)


COONSKIN (1974), others offer a print retitled STREET FIGHT, but here's an original copy of Ralph Bakshi's animated, anthropomorphic, racial tale with Barry White, Scatman Crothers, Philip Michael Thomas, Richard Paul; with vintage commercials, trailers, and various fun for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:22, C)


MEAN JOHNNY BARROWS (1976), inept Fred Williamson fun, this time he's a homeless Nam vet wooed by the L.A. mob, with Roddy McDowell (as an Italian mobster!?), Stuart Whitman, Luther Adler, Anthony Caruso, Mike Henry, R.G. Armstrong, and a cameo by Elliott Gould; with vintage commercials, trailers, and clips. (feature: 1:24, B)


SWEET JESUS, PREACHERMAN (1973), hit man Roger Mosley is ordered by mob boss William Smith to take over the "shuck" of a local Baptist church, but he runs into trouble from hustlers and state senator Michael Pataki; withy Phil Hoover, Lee Frost; comes with vintage trailers, commercials, and clips. (feature: 1:38, C)


THREE THE HARD WAY (1974), great letterboxed print of this 42nd St. classic; Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, and Jim Kelly fight a white supremacist who wants to wipe out blacks; with Roberta Collins, Alex Rocco, Corbin Bernsen, Jeanne Bell. (1:29, B)


TOP OF THE HEAP (1972), rare dementia from Christopher St. John, with Paula Kelly, Allen Garfield, Tiger Joe Marsh. (1:29, C)


THE ZEBRA KILLER (1974), surprisingly decent William Girdler film about a serial killer in blackface (James Pickett) who terrorizes Lousiville; Austin Stoker is the detective who takes in personally; with Juanita Moore, Charles Kissinger and D'Urville Martin; this print entitled PANIC CITY; includes trailers and clips. (feature: 1:25, C)


 

Candy Tangerine Man

Coonskin

Mean Johnny Barrows

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

Three the Hard Way

Top of the Heap

Zebra Killer