Slaughter (1972)

action film, blaxploitation film, thriller film

Popularity3.5/5

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Directors

Jack Starrett

Cast

Cameron Mitchell, Don Gordon, Jim Brown, Marion Brash, Marlene Clark, Rip Torn, Robert Phillips, Stella Stevens

The story

After the father of Vietnam veteran and ex-Green Beret captain Slaughter is killed by a car bomb, he becomes obsessed with avenging the murder. He learns it was arranged by a Cleveland organized-crime gang and tracks down the mobster responsible, killing a Mafia member in the process. The murderer, however, manages to escape.

Catalogue themes and tags

Thriller, Crime Fiction, Horror, Action/Adventure, Blaxploitation, Drama, Crime Thriller, Action

Genres

action film, blaxploitation film, thriller film

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