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Joshua is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 december 1976 with Fred Williamson
Joshua (1976)
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Add to a movie listJoshua is a 1976 American film directed by Larry G. Spangler.
The film is also known as Black Rider, Joshua the Black Rider or Revenge.
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A black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.Actors
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