Truck Turner
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Truck Turner is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Johnathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams. Isaac Hayes also scored the music for the soundtrack.
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Synopsis
Truck Turner (portrayed by Isaac Hayes) is a former professional football player who becomes a bounty hunter (along with his partner Jerry) in search of a pimp in Los Angeles, California. After a tragic accident where Truck uses deadly force, the alleged pimp is killed, and his friend is stabbed by a prostitute. As a result, Turner becomes a marked man and is targeted by a hired assassin.
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Cast
- Isaac Hayes — Mack Truck Turner
- Yaphet Kotto — Harvard Blue
- Alan Weeks — Jerry
- Annazette Chase — Annie
- Nichelle Nichols — Dorinda
- Sam Laws — Nate
- Paul Harris — Richard Leroy Johnson
- Charles Cyphers — Drunk
- John Kramer — Desmond
- Scatman Crothers — Duke
- Dick Miller — Fogarty
- Bob Harris — Snow
- Jac Emil — Reno
- Stan Shaw — Fontana
- Wendell Tucker — Wendell
- Earl Maynard — Panama
- Tara Strohmeier — Turnpike
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