The Bad Bunch
| The Bad Bunch | |
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 Home video cover | |
| Directed by | Greydon Clark |
| Written by | Greydon Clark Alvin L. Fast |
| Produced by | Alvin L. Fast |
| Starring | Tom Johnigarn Greydon Clark Jacqueline Cole Bambi Allen Aldo Ray |
| Cinematography | Louis Horvath |
| Edited by | Earl Watson |
| Music by | Ed Cobb |
| Distributed by | Dimension Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Bad Bunch, originally released as Tom, is an American 1973 blaxploitation drama film directed by and co-starring Greydon Clark.
Plot
[edit]The film is a study of prejudice and discrimination. It tells the story of a black gang who run the streets of Watts and of Jim, a white man, who tries to befriend them. Prejudice stands in the way of any friendship and turns black against white in a mid '70s, does much to show how society has progressed, but to some it may seem that "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
Release
[edit]The film was released theatrically in the United States by Four Star International in 1973 and re-released by Dimension Pictures in 1976. The title was changed to Nigger Lover in some markets.[1] Greydon Clark would explore racial themes further in his subsequent films Black Shampoo (1976) and Skinheads (1989).[1]
The Bad Bunch was released on a double feature DVD with Clark's Hi-Riders by VCI Home Entertainment in 2010.
Reception
[edit]TV guide found that "his early '70s effort from veteran exploitation director Greydon Clark attempts to create a more socially conscious variation on the blaxploitation genre, but devotes most of its time to thrills of the most lurid variety."[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Firsching, Robert. "Black Shampoo Synopsis". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "The Bad Bunch". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
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