Black Eye (film)

Black Eye[1] is a 1974[2] neo-noir[3] action film and blaxploitation film produced by Pat Rooney,[4] directed by Jack Arnold and starring Fred Williamson.[5] The film was based on the novel Murder on the Wild Side (published in 1971) by Jeff Jacks.[6]

Black Eye
Directed byJack Arnold
Written byMark Haggard
Jeff Jacks (Novel)
StarringFred Williamson
Music byMort Garson
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • May 17, 1974 (1974-05-17)
Running time
98 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

A private detective[7] takes a case involving a religious cult and a movie star's death.[8][9] An LA cop-turned-private-detective is called to investigate multiple murders that are all connected to a cane that was stolen from a deceased silent movie star.[10]

Cast

Critical response

Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World Movie Reviews wrote: "The gritty blaxploitation crime thriller gives it a good try to be in the Chandler mode.[15]

See also

Reference List
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  2. Black Eye, retrieved 2019-04-12
  3. Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
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  5. Black Eye, retrieved 2019-04-12
  6. "Jeff Jacks". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  7. Miller, Ken. "Black Eye (1974)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. Black Eye (1974), retrieved 2019-04-11
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  10. countelvis (2016-01-10). "Black Eye (1974) Review". Bad Movies for Bad People. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
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  12. "Rosemary Forsyth". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  13. "Teresa Graves". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  14. "Black Eye Cast on IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] 14. Black Eye . Monthly Film Bulletin. FLAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database. Retrieved 2019-04-13

  1. "Black Eye (1974)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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