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Bare Knuckles

Bare Knuckles
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.

Plot

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

Production

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

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.

Cast

  • 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

References