A recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and the crime lord he once worked for.
Acting
Max Julien's ice-cold charisma defines the archetype
Direction
Campus shoots Oakland like a character with a grudge
Writing
Dialogue that walks a razor's edge between camp and poetry
Director
Michael Campus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak Blaxploitation but funded independently, letting Campus avoid studio sanitization of pimp culture.
The 'Annual Players Ball' scene invented an entire aesthetic later parodied by Austin Powers.
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