Monday, March 9, 2020

The Guy from Harlem (1977)

Blaxploitation films were not generally known for their high production values but this film is pretty low-rent even for the sub-genre however that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable.

Al Connors (Loye Hawkins) is a private eye covered in loud late 70s fashion who is hired by the CIA to protect a Princess (Patricia Fulton) from an African country. Some vague bad guys try and kidnap the Princess but Al foils them with some badly choreographed fighting, and also ends up having sex with her...

And then Al is given a different job (completely unrelated to the first case), a hoodlum (Steve Gallon) hires him to save his daughter Wanda (Cathy Davis) who has been kidnapped. Al saves Wanda (and has sex with her too). Al then has a showdown with Big Daddy (Wayne Crawford)...

So the film is terribly acted and has awful production values. Obviously it is also hilarious. It is a film for men in flares brawling awkwardly, a film for crazy wallpaper and flubbed lines.