Detroit 9000 (1973)
In Detroit sind rassistische Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Schwarzen und Weißen an der Tagesordnung. Die Cops sind entweder machtlos, oder schauen gegen entsprechende Belohnung großzügig weg. Der schwarze Kongreßabgeordnete Aubrey Hale Clayton möchte Gouverneur von Michigan werden, um wieder Ordnung herzustellen. Zur Finanzierung seines Wahlkampfes veranstaltet er einen Wohltätigkeitsball. Während dieser Veranstaltung werden die Gäste von maskierten Gangstern überfallen und ausgeraubt. Die Detroiter Cops stehen vor einem Rätsel. Eine Leiche, der beide Beine fachmännisch amputiert wurden, ist für Sergeant Jesse Williams und Lieutenant Danny Bassett eine erste Spur in diesem Fall …
Der Regisseur: Arthur Marks
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Alex Rocco as Danny Bassett |
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Hari Rhodes as Jesse Williams |
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Vonetta McGee as Roby Harris |
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Herbert Jefferson Jr. as Ferdy |
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Robert Phillips as Captain Chalmers |
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Ellaraino as Helen Durbin |
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Scatman Crothers as Reverend Markham |
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Sally Baker as Ethel |
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Rudy Challenger as Aubrey Hale Clayton |
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Doris Ingraham as |
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George Skaff as Oscar |
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Council Cargle as Drew Sheppard |
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Regis Cordic as Dr. Horace Cooley |
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Stacy Keach, Sr. as |
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Davis Roberts as Milo |
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Jason Sommers as |
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Bob Charlton as |
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Ed Oldani as |
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Mike Lucci as |
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Martha Jean Steinberg as |
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Woody Willis as |
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Ernie Winstanley as |
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Ron Khoury as |
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Jerry Dahlmann as |
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Whit Vernon as |
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Don Hayes as |
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Herb Weatherspoon as |
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Michael Tylo as |
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Don Shapiro as |
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Erik L. Nelson as Hitman |
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Hedgemon Lewis as |
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Ron McIlwain as Sam Orr |
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June Fairchild as Barbara (uncredited) |
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Marilyn Joi as Dancing Hooker (uncredited) |
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Laura Lee as Vocalist (uncredited) |
| Writing | Orville H. Hampton | Writer |
| Production | Don Gottlieb | Executive Producer |
| Production | Junius Griffin | Executive Producer |
| Production | William B. Silberkleit | Executive Producer |
| Production | Charles Stroud | Producer |
| Directing | Arthur Marks | Director |
| Production | Arthur Marks | Producer |
| Art | Thomas Gark | Property Master |
| Camera | Harry J. May | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Luchi De Jesus | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Richard Greer | Editor |
| Production | Geno Havens | Casting |
| Production | Trudy Seiter | Casting |
| Crew | Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Geary | Stunts |
| Sound | Bud Alper | Sound |