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After playing college football for Northwestern [9] in the late 1950s, Williamson was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco 49ers. [11] When during training camp he was switched to their defense, his attitude over the switch prompted him to play his position with too much aggression, and the coach of the 49ers asked him to quit "hammering" his players.
Williamson said, "I called it Nigger Charley because it was controversy. The word nigger in the '70s was hot. Controversy is what sells." [6] He later explained that he believed the movie was helping to take back the meaning from the historical defamation. The movie helps reinforce the expected interaction between black and white people ...
Boss Nigger (also known as Boss and The Black Bounty Killer) is a 1975 blaxploitation Western film directed by Jack Arnold, starring former football player Fred Williamson, who also wrote and co-produced the film. It is the first film for which Williamson was credited as screenwriter or producer. [1] [2]
The Night Visitor (Swedish title: Papegojan) is a 1971 Swedish psychological thriller film in English, starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Trevor Howard, Per Oscarsson, Rupert Davies and Andrew Keir, and directed by Laslo Benedek.
Black Eye [1] is a 1974 [2] American neo-noir [3] action blaxploitation film produced by Pat Rooney, [4] directed by Jack Arnold and starring Fred Williamson. [5] The film was based on the 1971 novel Murder on the Wild Side by Jeff Jacks. [6]
Mackey is allowed to forego a ten-day suspension and to continue to work on the case if he agrees to supervise Dr. Powers. At the scene of the next murder Dr. Powers writhes on the floor in the tape outline of the victim and announces that the victim was raped. That night in bed Dr. Powers relives a murder she survived as a child.
Voices of Desire is a 1972 horror film directed by Chuck Vincent under the stage name Mark Ubell.The film stars Sandra Peabody, Gus Thomas, and Marlene Willoughby.The plot concerns a young woman named Anna Reed (Peabody) who recounts her claims to a psychiatrist that she was involved with a cult whose members were either murdered or committed suicide after she begins hearing distorted voices.
That said, there's enough action and intrigue here to keep most fans happy and, as mentioned, Williamson makes the most of his leading man status in this picture. Brenda Venus is also pretty captivating here, the camera loves her and you can't really blame it.