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Trouble Man

Play trailer Poster for Trouble Man R,  1972,  1h 39m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 14% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
14% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
T (Robert Hooks) is a slick detective who's done very well for himself, but still runs his operation from the same mean streets he grew up on in South Central Los Angeles. His latest case comes from local hoods Chalky (Paul Winfield) and Pete (Ralph Waite), who claim that someone's been robbing their dice games at gunpoint. As T searches for the perpetrator, he realizes the job is a setup. Chalky and Pete have pinned a murder on him, and both cops and criminals think T is to blame.

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Vincent Canby New York Times May 23, 2014
Trouble Man is a horrible movie, but it's worth thinking about. Go to Full Review
Jimi Lawrence Call and Post (Cleveland) Mar 29, 2022
You can probably figure out the rest of the plot. Go to Full Review
Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jan 20, 2022
Trouble Man is a whole lot of fun. No, it's not the best blaxploitation film of all time, but the soundtrack is composed by none other than Marvin Gaye himself... Go to Full Review
Larry G. Coleman New Pittsburgh Courier Dec 13, 2021
It is surprising that [director Ivan Dixon] and Robert Hooks, a talented stage and television actor, would involve themselves in a film that does little justice to their talents. Go to Full Review
Samuel A. Hay Baltimore Afro-American Jul 15, 2020
Trouble Man is a tragedy. Not because of the blood and violence that makes up its body, but because two talented Blacks lent their prestige and talents to this nonsense. Go to Full Review
Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Jan 3, 2020
If, like me, you didn't care for Shaft other than as prime example of future camp-trash, you would do well to stear clear of Trouble Man. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Ivan Dixon

Director

Robert Hooks

Mr. T

Paul Winfield

Chalky Price

Ralph Waite

Pete Cockrell

Bill Henderson

Jimmy

Virginia Capers

Macy

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Trouble Man

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Movie Info

Synopsis T (Robert Hooks) is a slick detective who's done very well for himself, but still runs his operation from the same mean streets he grew up on in South Central Los Angeles. His latest case comes from local hoods Chalky (Paul Winfield) and Pete (Ralph Waite), who claim that someone's been robbing their dice games at gunpoint. As T searches for the perpetrator, he realizes the job is a setup. Chalky and Pete have pinned a murder on him, and both cops and criminals think T is to blame.
Director
Ivan Dixon
Producer
Joel Freeman
Screenwriter
John D. F. Black
Production Co
JDF/B Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 1, 1972, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 17, 2006
Runtime
1h 39m
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