The Zebra Force

The Zebra Force
The Zebra Force
	Cannon Films
Release dates	1976 (Argentina); 1980 (Philippines); 1984 (US);
Running time	100 minutes; 86 minutes (Swedish cut version);
Country	United States
Language	English

The Zebra Force (Codename: Zebra, USA title) is a 1976 American film directed by Joe Tornatore. The film is about a group of

vetsploitation subgenre.^[2]^[3]

Plot

The film opens with a raid on an illegal casino performed by a group of blacks with automatic weapons. The audience discovers the perpetrators are white disguised as blacks. The story moves to a

vigilante veterans is a man known simply as the Lieutenant who was their platoon leader

and disfigured in the action. Recuperating in a hospital he regroups the survivors for a series of escalating raids to not only to enrich themselves, but to wipe out organised criminal gangs involved in illegal gambling and narcotics distribution.

The main protagonist of the film is Carmine Longo, a Mafia enforcer sent to meet with local chief to discover who performed the action. The two are assisted by a corrupt Los Angeles Police Department detective sergeant. Their suspicion falls on their only known suspects, a gang of drug dealing black criminals who deny their involvement. Longo schemes to eliminate them through their police contact who will set up a drug deal where they can be killed by the police.

Cast

Mike Lane as Carmine Longo
Richard X. Slattery as Charlie DeSantis
Rockne Tarkington as Earl Lovington
Timothy Brown as Jim Bob Cougar
Glenn Wilder as Lieutenant Dan
Anthony Caruso as Salvatore Moreno
Stafford Morgan as Sergeant Stangman
Clay Tanner as Lieutenant Claymore
Tony Cristino as Willie
Mario Milano as Peter
David Ankrum as Art
Buddy Ochoa as Larry
Patrick Strong as Nick
Bernard Tierman as Ernie

Notes

^ "Code Name Zebra (1987) - IMDb". IMDb.
^ "Vetsploitation. List by Jarrett". Letterboxd. 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
^ "Category. Vetsploitation. From The Grindhouse Cinema Database". The Grindhouse Cinema Database. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

External links

The Zebra Force at
IMDb

The Zebra Force is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
The Zebra Force at Rotten Tomatoes
Codename: Zebra at Rotten Tomatoes
The Zebra Force at AllMovie
Code Name: Zebra at AllMovie
Zebra Force at Letterboxd

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[1] "Code Name Zebra (1987) - IMDb". IMDb.

[2] "Vetsploitation. List by Jarrett". Letterboxd. 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2024.

[3] "Category. Vetsploitation. From The Grindhouse Cinema Database". The Grindhouse Cinema Database. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

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