Slaughter (1972 film)
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| Directed by | Jack Starrett |
| Produced by | Monroe Sachson |
| Written by |
Mark Hanna Don Williams |
| Starring |
Jim Brown Stella Stevens Rip Torn |
| Music by | Luchi de Jesus |
| Cinematography | Rosalio Solano |
| Edited by |
Clarence C. Reynolds Renn Reynolds |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Release date
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1972 |
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Running time
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91 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $750,000 |
| Box office | $10 million |
Slaughter is a 1972 Blaxploitation film which was released during that early 1970s film era. It was directed by Jack Starrett and stars Jim Brown as a black Vietnam veteran and former Green Beret captain who is referred to only by his last name Slaughter. He seeks revenge for the murder of his parents by the Mafia, to whom his father had ties. This film was followed by a sequel the following year, Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973).
The story of Vietnam veteran and ex-Green Beret captain Slaughter (Jim Brown) begins with a couple being killed by a car bomb. It then is revealed that the man was the father of Slaughter, who subsequently is obsessed with avenging the murder. He learns that it was arranged by a Cleveland organized-crime gang, and starts to track down the mobster who was personally responsible, killing a Mafia member in the process. The murderer, however, manages to escape.
Slaughter gets arrested and charged with first degree murder, but Treasury Department official Price (Cameron Mitchell) offers to drop all charges if he agrees to go to an unnamed South American country in order to hunt down and capture the escaped mobster, who apparently has a super-computer that helps him run his crime empire. Slaughter readily accepts the deal.
Upon arriving, he meets up with two fellow agents, Harry (Don Gordon) and Kim (Marlene Clark), having previously known Kim. It turns out that the mobster responsible for the murder of Slaughter's father is Dominic Hoffo (Rip Torn), the right-hand man of kingpin Felice (Norman Alfe). Hoffo, a blatant racist and sociopath, instantly hates Slaughter, especially when his comare Ann (Stella Stevens), a professional working for the organization, makes it clear she's delighted to have been ordered by Felice to present herself to Slaughter as a peace offering.
Slaughter, having no intention of backing down from his vendetta, accepts Ann's offer with pleasure, and her loyalties quickly transfer to him. Numerous fights and gun battles ensue, with the hot-headed Hoffo eventually killing the more reasonable Felice and assuming command. After a climactic shootout and lengthy car chase, Slaughter succeeds in killing Hoffo by incinerating him in a crashed vehicle.
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