Truck Turner
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| Directed by | Jonathan Kaplan |
| Produced by | Paul M. Heller Fred Weintraub |
| Written by | Michael Allin Jerry Wilkes Oscar Williams |
| Starring | Isaac Hayes Yaphet Kotto |
| Music by | Isaac Hayes |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 19, 1974 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Truck Turner is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Johnathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams.
[edit] Synopsis
Truck Turner (portrayed by Isaac Hayes) is a former professional football player who becomes a bounty hunter (along with his partner Jerry) in search of a pimp in Los Angeles, California. After a tragic accident where Truck uses deadly force, the alleged pimp is killed, and his friend is stabbed by a prostitute. As a result, Turner becomes a marked man and is targeted by a hired assassin.
[edit] Cast
- Isaac Hayes — Mack Truck Turner
- Yaphet Kotto — Harvard Blue
- Alan Weeks — Jerry
- Annazette Chase — Annie
- Nichelle Nichols — Dorinda
- Sam Laws — Nate
- Paul Harris — Richard Leroy Johnson
- Charles Cyphers — Drunk
- John Kramer — Desmond
- Scatman Crothers — Duke
- Dick Miller — Fogarty
- Bob Harris — Snow
- Jac Emil — Reno
- Stan Shaw — Fontana
- Wendell Tucker — Wendell
- Earl Maynard — Panama
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