Black Brigade (film)
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| Black Brigade | |
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 The movie cover for Black Brigade. |
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| Directed by | George McCowan |
| Produced by | Aaron Spelling |
| Written by | Aaron Spelling David Kidd |
| Starring | Stephen Boyd Robert Hooks Billy Dee Williams Richard Pryor Moses Gunn Roosevelt Grier Glynn Turman |
| Music by | Fred Steiner |
| Distributed by | American Broadcasting Company |
| Release date(s) | January 27, 1970 |
| Running time | 70 min. |
| Language | English |
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- For the paramilitary group see Black Brigades
Black Brigade is the DVD release title of the television movie Carter's Army, which aired on January 27, 1970. The movie is a war drama. It starred a host of prominent African-American film actors.
Plot: A redneck officer (Stephen Boyd) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of taking an important hydro dam from the Nazis. Their failure would delay the Allies advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war.
