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Truck Turner is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jonathan Kaplan released in USA on 26 june 1974 with Isaac Hayes
Truck Turner (1974)
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Add to a movie listTruck Turner (also known as Black Bullet) is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams. Isaac Hayes also scored the music for the soundtrack. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Foxy Brown.
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Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes) is a former professional football player who becomes a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter after being hurt. Turner begins his morning watching his girlfriend Annie's cat, Frances, while she is in jail for stealing a television set. Truck and his partner Jerry Barnes catch a fugitive, then take him to jail. Truck takes the opportunity to visit Annie (Annazette Chase) in jail. Annie asks if they can "go somewhere" when she gets out. Truck and Jerry go to collect the bounty from Nate Dimwiddie, a bail bondsman, who refers them to Fogarty (Dick Miller), a bail bondsman who wants Gator, a pimp who skipped bail.Actors
Isaac Hayes
(Truck)
Yaphet Kotto
(Blue)
Nichelle Nichols
(Dorinda)
Scatman Crothers
(Duke)
Charles Cyphers
(Drunk)
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