South Beach (1993)
Directed by Fred Williamson / Alain Zaloum
Genres - Crime |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Aug 4, 1993 (USA) |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Robert Firsching
One of Fred Williamson's more unusual efforts as both actor and director, this one features the action star as a cigar-smoking detective named Mac Derringer. He is enlisted by his ex-wife (Vanity), a phone-sex operator, to catch the masked psychopath who murdered her co-worker. With the aid of partner Gary Busey and friend Peter Fonda, Derringer closes in on the maniac, but is soon framed for murder. Williamson has an interracial love scene, there's a stoolie who raps, and a subplot involves blackmail and pornography. The Jeffersons' Isabel Sanford appears as Derringer's mother, and the familiar genre cast features Stella Stevens, Robert Forster, and Henry Silva.
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conflict, detective, frame-up, friendship, investigation, investigator, kidnapping, killing, maniac, phone-sex, rescue, shoot-out