Bucktown (1975)

Bucktown: Directed by Arthur Marks. With Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King. After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can’t trust another brother, who can you trust?

“Fred Williamson plays Duke Johnson who is visiting a Southern town in order to bury his brother Ben and to try to sell Benu0026#39;s Club Alabam bar which just closed. He has to wait 60 days, however, so he now has to stay during that time before he can do it. With the advice of Harley (Bernie Hamilton), however, Duke decides to once again open the bar. During some of that time, Harleyu0026#39;s friend Aretha (Pam Grier) has some friction with him concerning his not even going to visit his brother during those last years before they fall in love. Along the way, some racist neighbors try to get some money from him which then has Duke inviting some friends like Roy (Thalmus Rasulala) to kick their ass. After that happens, well, something worse happens…While the drama was pretty compelling concerning the players I just mentioned, I have to admit some disappointment in not having Ms. Grier do some fighting herself since Iu0026#39;ve been used to her doing so in her other AIP movies. Itu0026#39;s seems to be Fred doing it all by himself most of time. So if youu0026#39;re expecting something campy, you wonu0026#39;t find it here. But if you donu0026#39;t mind drama mixed with action, Bucktown might be your cup of tea.”