Trouble Man (film)

Trouble Man is a 1972 Soul Cinema Classic film produced and released by 20th CenturyFox. The film stars Robert Hooks as Mr. T., a hardedged private detective who tends to take justice into his own hands. It is still of note today for its successful soundtrack, written, produced and performed by Motown artist Marvin Gaye.

An innercity point man is on the run from both the cops and the crooks in this streetwise drama. T Robert Hooks is a combination pool shark, private detective, and allpurpose ghetto fixer who operates out of a billiards parlor in South Central Los Angeles. T has done well for himselfhe drives a fancy new car, wears expensive suits, and lives in an upscale apartment. But, he also looks out for folks on the block, has lukewarm connections with both the police and gangsters, and knows how to tell the good guys from the bad guys on either side of the law. T is approached by Chalky Paul Winfield and his partner, Pete Ralph Waite, who run a floating dice game in the neighborhood. Chalky tells T theyve been ripped off by a band of thieves several nights running, and they want to hire him to find out who the masked stickup men are. T takes it as a routine assignment and is willing to do the job for the right price. However, it turns out Chalky and Pete are trying to take down rival crime kingpin Big Julius Harris and have pinned T with the killing of one of Bigs underlings who is shot during a dice game robbery T was present at the holdup. T is blamed for the crime by both Big and police captain Joe Marx Bill Smithers, setting off a series of cunning twists and confrontations T is determined to survive, at the expense of the rival groups. Trouble Man also stars Paula Kelly as Ts love interest, and features an original score by Marvin Gaye.The movie had the unfortunate distinction of being featured in the 1978 Michael amp Harry Medved book, The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. However, it has a current IMDb rating of 6.8 which suggests the Medveds were somewhat harsh. ........

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