Bare Knuckles

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Bare Knuckles
File:Bare Knuckles (VHS cover).jpg
Directed byDon Edmonds
Written byDon Edmonds
Produced byDon Edmonds
StarringRobert Viharo
Sherry Jackson
Gloria Hendry
John Daniels
Music byVic Caesar
Distributed byMGM
Release date
  • September 1977 (1977-09)
Running time
90 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000[1]

Bare Knuckles is a 1977 blaxploitation film, starring Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written and directed by Don Edmonds.

L.A. bounty hunter, Zachary Kane, is on the hunt for a masked serial killer on the loose.

Production

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Director Edmonds said he didn't get any permits for the movie, it was made for $25,000 with another $25,000 spent for goods and services.[1]

Legacy

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It is one of the films that have inspired Quentin Tarantino,[1] and it was selected by Tarantino himself to be shown at his Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival in 2007.[2] In May 2008, it was being shown by Robert Viharo's son, Will, as part of his long-running Thrillville theater program.

Hip-hop duo Gangrene sampled the film's opening theme for the song "Breathing Down Yo Neck", featuring rapper MED, on their debut album Gutter Water.

  • Robert Viharo as Zachary Kane
  • Sherry Jackson as Jennifer Randall
  • Michael Heit as Richard Devlin
  • Gloria Hendry as Barbara Darrow
  • John Daniels as Black
  • Karen Kondazian as Pamela Devlin
  • Essex Smith as Efrom
  • Richard Kennedy as Police Captain
  • Patrick M. Wright as Max Baumer
  • Jace as "Kido"
  • Kyôko Fuji as Oriental Girl
  • Valerie Rae Clark as Massage Girl
  • John Dewey Carter as Deke
  • James Freedman as Risso
  • Amber Hunt as Rita

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