Chicago Poker
UPC: 4-010232-021687 (DVD)
Region Coding: 2, 4
Production Year: 1974
Rating: NR
Running Time: 88 min.
DVD Release: 8/4/2003
Case Type: Keep Case
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Single Layered
SRP: €14.99
Soul-Legende und Oscar-Preisträger Isaac Hayes und Yaphet Kotto (Alien) sind die Stars dieses genialen Thrillers von Regisseur Jonathan Kaplan (Fatale Begierde). Mit knallharter Action und sanftem Soul, mit Vollgas und Spannung ohne Ende ziehen sie alle Register des Genres!

Der ehemalige Football-Star Truck Turner (Hayes) macht die Kopfgeldjäger in den Strassen von Los Angeles Jagd auf einen brutalen Zuhälter. Mit Hilfe schlagender Argumente und seinem ultra-coolen Partner (Alan Weeks) drängt er seinen Gegner immer weiter in die Enge. Doch nach einem tragischen Unfall wird der Jäger selbst gejagt - von den härtesten Profikillern der Stadt! Aber Truck schlägt zurück und liefert seinen Häschern eine ganze Serie wilder Verfolgungsjagden, Schiessereien und Knochenbrecherischer Faustkämpfe. Denn er weiss, dass ihm nur ein Ausweg bleibt: der Kampf auf Leben und Tod gegen Harvard Blue (Kotto), den brutalen Paten des Mobs von L.A.

Genres
Action
Suspense/Thriller


Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
American International Pictures
Media Companies: MGM Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Subtitles
Dutch
English
French
German
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
German Dolby Digital Mono
French Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
Cast
Isaac Hayes as Truck
Yaphet Kotto as Blue
Alan Weeks as Jerry
Annazette Chase as Annie
Nichelle Nichols as Dorinda
Sam Laws as Nate
Paul Harris as Gator
Charles Cyphers as Drunk
John Kramer as Desmond
Scatman Crothers as Duke
Dick Miller as Fogarty
Bob Harris as Snow
Jac Emeil as Reno
Stan Shaw as Fontana
Wendell Tucker as Wendell
Clarence Barnes as Toro
Don Watters as Val
Eddie Smith as Druggist
Esther Sutherland as Black Momma

Insurance Company
Earl Maynard as Panama
Henry Kingi as Candy Man
Larry Gabriel as Travis


James Millhollin as Judge Advocate
Jon Jacobs as Dave
Douglas Anderson as Charlie
Don Megowan as Garrity
Richard Blackwell as Wino
Ruth Warshawsky as Saleslady

Dorinda's Girls
Cheryl Sampson as Taffy
Edna Richardson as Frenchie
Dernadette Gladden as Raquel
Tara Strohmeier as Turnpike
Lisa Farringer as Annette


Sharon Madigan as Nurse
Mel Novak as Doctor
Donnie Williams as Highway Dept. Man
Randy Gray as Kid In Hospital
Annik Borel as Stalingrad
Stymie Beard as Jail Guard
Rhavan Briggs as Felice
Johnny Ray McGhee as Hired Killer
Clarence Lockett as Preacher
John Evans as Police Lieutenant
John Dennis as Desmond's Guard
Crew
Direction:
Jonathan Kaplan: Director
Writing:
Oscar Williams: Screenwriter
Michael Allin: Screenwriter
Jerry Wilkes: Story By
Production:
Fred Weintraub: Producer
Paul Heller: Producer
Cinematography:
Charles F. Wheeler: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Michael Kahn: Film Editor
Music:
Isaac Hayes: Song Writer
Sound:
Darin Knight: Sound
Art:
Gene Grigg: Visual Effects
Marvin Westmore: Make-up Artist
Lynn Berney: Costume Designer
Ann McCarthy: Costume Designer
Palmer Brown: Costume Designer