Now that you've seen all the rest... make way for "The Mack"
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.
- Bleak ending
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Character
Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Max JulienGoldie
- Don GordonHank
- Richard PryorSlim
- Carol SpeedLulu
- George MurdockFatman
- Dick Anthony WilliamsPretty Tony
- Terrible TomHimself
- Ted WardHimself
- Frank WardHimself
- Roger E. MosleyOlinga
Crew
- Michael CampusDirector
- Robert J. PooleWriter
- Ralph WoolseyDirector of Photography
- Willie HutchOriginal Music Composer
- Frank C. DecotEditor
- Harvey BernhardProducer
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