Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
Directed by Ted Post
Genres - Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Action Thriller, Martial Arts |
Release Date - Jun 21, 1977 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 96 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Chuck Norris plays John T. Booker, a Vietnam vet who finds out that several of his army buddies lost their lives in a mission that was intended to fail. Seeking answers, Booker quits his school-teaching job and tracks down the surviving members of his unit. One by one, his old friends are being knocked off by sinister forces, orchestrated by a crooked, and legally untouchable, politician. Amidst a plethora of martial arts, gunfire and explosions, the film briefly pauses for a comic-relief scene involving over-aged bellboy Jim Backus. Good Guys Wear Black did so well at the box-office that it warranted a sequel, A Force of One (1979).
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commando, corruption, helicopter, investigator, killing, on-the-run, one-against-odds, politician, professor, rescue, revenge, veteran [military], war