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Film · 10 connectionsRaised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
Directed byLarry Cohen
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1973 · 95 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller
A Harlem gangster must rescue his ex-wife, who's been kidnapped by the Mafia.
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1972 · 91 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller
Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.
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1987 · 110 min · Action · Crime · Thriller
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
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1973 · 112 min · Action · Adventure · Crime · Thriller
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
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1976 · 96 min · Action · Comedy · Drama
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
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1975 · 90 min · Action · Comedy · Crime
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
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1974 · 91 min · Action · Drama · Thriller
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.
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1973 · 110 min · Crime · Drama
A recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and the crime lord he once worked for.
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1974 · 92 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller
Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
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1975 · 90 min · Action · Crime · Drama
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
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