Velvet smooth is a definitely underrated 1970s blaxploitation martial arts film shot on location in new york city. Possiamo badare figura e caricatore sul tuo lettore dvd. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl. Johnnie hill plays the title character, a female private eye who runs an allfemale agency, with two female operatives, one africanamerican and the other hispanic, both of them much betterlooking than the title character, a tall, thin woman with all the sex appeal of a bean pole. Its also a blaxploitation movie, which generally means that it portrays disproportionate numbers of stereotypical film characters showing bad or questionable motives, including roles as criminals. Desperate to call off the hit, oliver tracks down the hit man, only to find that hes. Velvet smooth is a 1976 american blaxploitation film directed by michael l. This is a very 80s movie, from its music to its fashions to its aggressive grimness. Soon enough velvet smooth and her all woman team of investigators figure out whos behind the robberies and all hell soon breaks loose. Velvet smooth 1976 posters the movie database tmdb.
This 1976 vehicle cries out for a pam grier or a tamara dobson in the lead role. Velvet smooth 1976 crime, drama, action johnnie hill, owen watson, emerson boozer feature film gorillas. Clueless, king lathrop calls private detective velvet smooth johnnie hill for help. Michael fink, neshobe films, stygian productions, leonard michaels, jan weber, johnnie. Velvet smooth 1976 johnnie hill, owen watson, emerson. Velvet smooth 1976 in the tradition of blaxploitation comes this one jivin private detective with a kung fu kick who is hired to take on her most dangerous case yet. Review of velvet smooth 1976 by delysid d cinafilm. The company is now based in france, haiti and in the united states of america. Showpiece fight sequence from the classic blaxploitation cult film velvet smooth 1976. Elsie roman genres action blaxploitation detective film exploitation film release info june 1, 1976 color 93 minutes see more films from 1976 see more about this film.
The sister night vhs and the poster for the 1976 blaxploitation film velvet smooth. Newman and starring wally patch, joe hayman and vi kaley. So velvet smooth goes undercover and occasionally under covers to smash the ring. Sadly, other than the phrase velvet smooth there isnt anything to like about this bland black kung fu. Velvet smooth 1976 jun 30, 1976 crime, drama, general film. Notino scholl velvet smooth 70% scholl velvet smooth, 3000 70%. Release date is from wikipedia but i am still looking for verification. Smooth velvet, raw silk is a 1976 sexploitation film. If you enjoy badly shot and badly acted films, look no further. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Department of afroamerican research arts culture 514,255 views. Homecoming vengeance et seduction film dhorreur en francais 2018 mischa barton, matt long.
Velvet smooth 1976 blaxploitation kungfu apartment trasher. Its action isnt special and its scifi is cheesy, but the real star of the unriffed film is its dialogue. The female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out whos taking all of his action. Velvet smooth 1976 johnnie hill, owen watson, emerson boozer feature crime, drama, action by film gorillas r 1h 33min crime, drama, action june 1976 usa the female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out whos taking his action. The only problem is that because the doctor who performed the examination is an incompetent fraud, the insurance policy is invalid.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Jacqueline fernandez brand ambassador for scholl velvet smooth. Velvet films is a brusselsbased company who focalizes on the development and production of international feature films. Two stars from the original appear as adults in the opening of the 1976 film. It was also known as velluto nero and black emmanuelle, white emmanuelle. Emerson boozer, james durrah, johnnie hill, owen watson. Loves kitchen film romantique en francais 2018 claire forlani, dougray. The screenplay concerns a crime lord who hires a female private detective to find out whos stealing his business. Her current client is in deep with a murderous numbers racket. A group of masked thugs have been terrorizing the city. On velvet is a 1938 british musical comedy film directed by widgey r. I was delighted that the plot of the movie revolved around three. It was created 1986 in berlin, germany by the haitian filmmaker and political activist raoul peck as velvet film gmbh. The female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out whos taking his action.
This was the only film role for hill and costar emerson boozer who had played for the new york jets 19661975. Velvet smooth 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The quiet one academy award winning film documentary movie by rosaryfilms. Dont get in arguments with people here, or start long discussions. Some decent martial arts sequences plus a heroine who doesnt need certain assets to get the job done makes this an interesting watch for fans of cult films. Martial arts was the old standby to warm up any old leftovers, and true to grindhouse cinema tradition, velvet smooth contains the lamest kungfu scenes youll ever witness, where the punches land twelve inches from their target. Mar 14, 2009 awesome opening credits from the ultracheap regional blaxploitationer velvet smooth. A crime lord hires velvet smooth johnnie hill, the head of a detective agency, to find out who is stealing his business.
Overview of velvet smooth, 1976, directed by michael fink, with johnnie hill, owen watson, rene van clief, at turner classic movies. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Smooth is head of a private detective agency, specializing in protecting the unprotectable. Peter sellers and burt kwouk have better fight scenes in the pink panther films. One of the local businessmen in charge of the citys operations, benevolent crime boss king lathrop. Find release information for velvet smooth 1976 janace fink on allmovie. Black girl 1972 leslie uggams brock peters by reelblack. T jackson has better fight scenes than velvet smooth. All the way from 1976, rifftrax brings you their usual gently irreverent take. Johnnie hill plays velvet smooth in this softcore crime meller.
This movie features some truly astounding turns of phrase, lines that probably shouldve been. If you admire horrendous polyknit suits, hideously ugly furniture, and sets apparently designed to duplicate the worst of suburban sprawl in the midst of the inner city, this is your film. Jokes are fine, but dont post tactlessinappropriate ones. This has all the hideous clothes and slum exteriors youd expect, plus interiors where you can see the boom mike and the walls move when a door shuts. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Showpiece fight sequence from the classic blaxploitation cult film velvet smooth 1976 showpiece fight sequence from the classic blaxploitation cult film velvet smooth 1976 skip navigation. Velvet smooth, with love or with guns, youre velvet smooth, with piece in hand.
Velvet smooth 1976 crime, drama, action johnnie hill, owen watson, emerson boozer feature. This movie features some truly astounding turns of phrase, lines that probably shouldve been rejected as soon as someone read them out loud. Velvet smooth r 1h 33min crime, drama, mystery june 1976 usa the female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out whos taking his action. Cast and crew credits for velvet smooth, 1976, directed by michael fink, with johnnie hill, owen watson, rene van clief, at turner classic movies.
Rent velvet smooth 1976 film for free as part of our trial offer. A crime lord hires velvet smooth johnnie hill, the head of a detective agency, to find out who is stealing. Velvet smooth 1976 from the grindhouse cinema database. Velvet smooth 1976 cast and crew a crime lord hires velvet smooth johnnie hill, the head of a detective agency, to find out who is stealing his business. Velvet smooth 1976 crime, drama, action johnnie hill, owen. Velvet smooth dvd 1976 blaxploitation film, movie posters. May 17, 2014 watch velvet smooth 1976 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. Mar 14, 2009 another classic scene from the little seen blaxploitation cheapie velvet smooth 1976. A female detective is hired by a mobster to find out who is stealing his action. Velvet smooth is a blacksploitation film that completely misses the exploitation part. It is a musical revue and was distributed by the american company columbia pictures. Awesome opening credits from the ultracheap regional blaxploitationer velvet smooth.
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