Jim Brown

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100 Rifles

In 19th century Mexico, a native revolutionary, Yaqui Joe, robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people but he finds himself wanted by American lawmen and the Mexican Army. Jim Brown (El Condor), Raquel Welch (Fathom) and Burt Reynolds (White Lightning) set the screen ablaze in this intense and muscular western, bursting with rousing nonstop action and humorous charm. When an American police officer (Brown) comes to Mexico to arrest criminal (Reynolds) for robbery, he finds himself detained by both an Indian revolution against the Mexican government...

I'm Gonna Get You Sucka

A hilarious Sold Cinema send-up, this ultra-slick, urban action-comedy blows '70s blaxploitation movies right out of the 'hood! Featuring the very funny Wayans family (Keenen, Damon and Kim), Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown, Janet DuBois, David Alan Grier, Kadeem Hardison and Chris Rock, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka is a perfect "mixture of nostalgia, silliness and genuinely unpredictable humor." -The New York Times. Jack Spade, a goody-goody war hero with medals for shorthand, returns to the ghetto to discover that his brother, Junebug, has OG'd (Over-Golded) on jewelry.

The Dirty Dozen

A model for dozens of action films to follow, this box-office hit from 1967 refined a die-hard formula that has become overly familiar, but it's rarely been handled better than it was in this action-packed World War II thriller. Lee Marvin is perfectly cast as a down-but-not-out army major who is offered a shot at personal and professional redemption. If he can successfully train and discipline a squad of army rejects, misfits, killers, prisoners, and psychopaths into a first-rate unit of specialized soldiers, they'll earn a second chance to make up for their woeful misdeeds.

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