Hangup
Hangup aka Super Dude | |
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William Elliott | |
Cinematography | Robert B. Hauser |
Edited by | Chris Kaeselau |
Music by | Tony Camillo |
Production company | |
Distributed by | (1975 release) |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Hangup, also called Hang Up and later released under the name Super Dude,[1] is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey.[2] This was the last film directed by Hathaway.[3]
The film falls in the blaxploitation subgenre of "vigilante group cleans up ghetto streets".[4] The film follows a black policeman seeking revenge on the man who got his girlfriend addicted to heroin.[5] The film was distributed by American International Pictures, one of the many films it targeted to the new youth market.[6] Josiah Howard states that the marketing "almost makes it look like a spoof of the genre."[3] Howard described the film as "low budget and flashy, but fast-moving and consistently entertaining."[3] Leonard Maltin wrote "Hathaway has done many fine films, but this, his last, isn't one."[7]
Plot
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Cast
- William Elliottas Ken
- Cliff Potts as Lou
- Marki Bey as Julie
- Jerry Ayres as Jerry
- Wally Taylor as Sergeant Becker
- Barbara Baldavin as Beverly
- Morris Buchanan as Dave
- Rafael Campos as "Longnose"
- Bob Delegall as Jennings
- George Murdock as Captain Gorney
- Louie Elias as Detective
- Duffy Hambleton as Detective
- Mark Russell as Detective
- Lynn Hamilton as Mrs. Ramsey
- Herbert Jefferson, Jr.as Ben
- Michael Lerner as Richards
- Timothy Blake as Gwen
See also
References
- ISBN 9780810867062.
- ^ "Hangup (1974) - Henry Hathaway - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ ISBN 9781903254370. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ISBN 9781840680232. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ISBN 9780786883776. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ISBN 9780240806877. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ISBN 9781101108765. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
External links
- Hangup at IMDb