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Three the Hard Way

Three the Hard Way

Action explodes all over the place when the big three join forces to save their race!

19746.21h 37mR

Overview

After his wife is kidnapped by a group of White supremacists, a record producer teams up with a PR man and a martial artist to get her back and put a stop to their plot to poison the water supply with a toxin that only kills Black people.

Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.
Written by Eric Bercovici, Jerrold L. Ludwig
Produced by Harry Bernsen
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Top Cast

Jim Brown

Jim Brown

Jimmy Lait

Fred Williamson

Fred Williamson

Jagger Daniels

Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly

Mister Keyes

Sheila Frazier

Sheila Frazier

Wendy Kane

Jay Robinson

Jay Robinson

Monroe Feather

Marian Collier

Marian Collier

Eva

Alex Rocco

Alex Rocco

Lt. Di Nisco

Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen

Boy

Irene Tsu

Irene Tsu

Empress

Jeannie Bell

Jeannie Bell

Polly

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Themes & Keywords

martial artsblaxploitation cinemahydroelectric dam

About Three the Hard Way

Three the Hard Way is a action, thriller film released in 1974 exploring themes of martial arts, blaxploitation cinema, hydroelectric dam. Directed by Gordon Parks Jr., it stars Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly. After his wife is kidnapped by a group of White supremacists, a record producer teams up with a PR man and a martial artist to get her back and put a stop to their plot to poison the water supply with a toxin that only kills Black people.

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