Blaxploitation: 4-Film Collection (1972-1973) - DVD

Four-disc set includes The Legend Of Black Charley (1972)Plantation-raised Charley (Fred Williamson, in his first lead) fatally lashed out at the master's son who tore up his emancipation papers-and found himself on the run westward alongside friends Toby (D'Urville Martin) and Josh (Don Pedro Colley). The fugitive trio find themselves steeped in a range war while trying to stay a step ahead of a slave tracker (Joe Santos). Hard-to-find Blaxploitation Western co-stars Gertrude Jeannette, Marcia McBroom. 98 min. C/Rtg PG The Soul Of Black Charley (1973)Traveling the post-Civil War West, Charley (Fred Williamson) and Toby (D'Urville Martin) run afoul of a Confederate colonel (Kevin Hagen) who didn't get the memo that the South lost-and who's abducting the emancipated to be slaves at his Mexican compound. Assembling an assault team, they look to free the captives... and heist $100,000 of his money while they're at it. Shoot 'em up sequel co-stars Pedro Armendariz, Jr. Denise Nicholas. 109 min. C/Rtg R Superfly T.N.T. (1973)Slam-bang sequel finds Ron O'Neal taking the director's chair for his return as expatriate drug dealer Youngblood Priest, now living a free and rich life in Rome-and bored as hell. Agreeing to the pleas of an African envoy (Roscoe Lee Browne) wanting help in running guns to his war-torn country, he might regret taking him up on the offer. Sheila Frazier, Robert Guillaume, Jacques Sernas co-star; screenplay by Alex Haley. 127 min. C/Rtg R Detroit 9000 (1973)The streets of Motown run red in this urban action classic. When a gang of ruthless crooks rips off a big-money political fundraiser, the cops charged with solving the case get mixed up in danger and conspiracy. Alex Rocco, Hari Rhodes, Vonetta McGee, Herb Jefferson, Jr., and Scatman Crothers star. 107 min. C/Rtg R Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Region Free