Bare Knuckles
Encyclopedia
Bare Knuckles is a 1977 blaxploitation
film, starring Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written
and directed
by Don Edmonds.
The plot follows L.A. bounty hunter Zachary Kane (Viharo), on the hunt for a masked serial killer on the loose. Director Edmonds said he didn't get any permits for the movie, made for $25000 with another $25000 spent for goods and services.
It is one of the films that have inspired Quentin Tarantino
, and it was selected by Tarantino himself to be shown at his Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival in 2007. In May 2008, it was being shown by Viharo's son, Will, as part of his long-running Thrillville
theater program.
Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...
film, starring Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Don Edmonds.
The plot follows L.A. bounty hunter Zachary Kane (Viharo), on the hunt for a masked serial killer on the loose. Director Edmonds said he didn't get any permits for the movie, made for $25000 with another $25000 spent for goods and services.
It is one of the films that have inspired Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
, and it was selected by Tarantino himself to be shown at his Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival in 2007. In May 2008, it was being shown by Viharo's son, Will, as part of his long-running Thrillville
Thrillville (theater event)
Thrillville is the name of a monthly theater event in Oakland, California dedicated to showcasing B-movies, Cult movies, Science Fiction films, and Exploitation films. The event features a film combined with special guests and a live stage show, typically a musical or Burlesque act...
theater program.
Cast
- Robert Viharo — Zachary Kane
- Sherry JacksonSherry JacksonSherry Jackson is an American actress and former child star. She made her film debut at seven years old in the musical You're My Everything, starring Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey. During the course of appearing in several of the Ma and Pa Kettle movies during the 1950s as Susie Kettle, one of the...
— Jennifer Randall - Michael Heit — Richard Devlin
- Gloria HendryGloria HendryGloria Hendry is an American actress. She is sometimes credited as "Gloria Henry."-Career:Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film For Love of Ivy....
— Barbara Darrow - John Daniels — Black
- Karen Kondazian — Pamela Devlin
- Essex Smith — Efrom
- Richard Kennedy — Police captain
- Patrick M. Wright — Max Baumer
- Jace — Kido
- Kyôko Fuji — Oriental Girl
- Valerie Rae Clark — Massage Girl
- John Dewey Carter — Deke
- James Freedman — Risso
- Amber Hunt — Rita