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The Final Comedown is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 31 may 1972 with Billy Dee Williams
The Final Comedown (1972)
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Add to a movie listThe Final Comedown is a 1972 blaxploitation drama film written, produced and directed by Oscar Williams and starring Billy Dee Williams and D'Urville Martin. The film is an examination of racism in the United States and depicts a shootout between a radical black nationalist group and the police, with the backstory leading up to the shootout told through flashbacks. The radical group is not identified by name in the film but closely resembles the Black Panther Party.
The film was recut and re-released in 1976 under the title Blast! The new version, which credited "Frank Arthur Wilson" as the director, featured additional footage directed by Allan Arkush.
The original version has had several releases on DVD from various budget-line DVD manufacturers.
Actors
Billy Dee Williams
(Johnny Johnson)
D'Urville Martin
(Billy Joe Ashley)
Celia Kaye
R.G. Armstrong
(Mr. Freeman)
Edmund Cambridge
(Dr. Smalls)
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