Dynamite Brothers

Dynamite Brothers
Directed by	Al Adamson
Produced by	Cirio H. Santiago
Written by	John D'Amato (Writer), Marvin Lagunoff (Story), Jim Rein (Story)
Starring	Timothy Brown Alan Tang Aldo Ray James Hong Don Oliver Carol Speed Claire Nono Lung Chan Richard Lee-Sung Ching-Ying Lam Margo Hope
Music by	Charles Earland
Cinematography	R. Michael Stringer
Release date(s)	1974
Running time	Netherlands:96 min, USA:90 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Dynamite Brothers, also known by its alternate title East Meets Watts, is a 1974 martial arts and blaxploitation film.

It was filmed on location in Watts, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. It starred football-hero-turned-actor Timothy Brown, who was also known for his role as Spearchucker Jones in the TV series M*A*S*H, and Hong Kong star actor and martial artist Alan Tang. It also starred Aldo Ray as a crooked cop and James Hong in a villainous role. It is a combination of the Blaxploitation and Martial Arts Film genres.

Current and future stars like Tony Liu, Biff Yeager, Phillip Ko, Billy Chan, Mars and Susan McIver of the The Golddiggers fame pop up at various stages in the film.

Plot

Stud Brown played by Timothy Brown teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert Larry Chin played by Alan Tang to fight a drug ring. ^[1] Larry Chin is in the U.S. trying to find his older brother but not before he is captured as an illegan alien by a crooked cop "Burke" played by Aldo Ray. Larry Chin is handcuffed to Stud Brown who was in custody and the two of them escape and end up in Watts.^[2]

The film was also released in some countries with various titles such as Stud Brown, Killing Of A Chinese Bookie etc.

Cast

• Timothy Brown
• Alan Tang
• Aldo Ray
• James Hong
• Don Oliver
• Carol Speed
• Claire Nono
• Chan Lung
• Richard Lee-Sung
• Lam Ching-ying
• Margo Hope
• Mars

Video release

The film was released on DVD by BCI Eclipse on March 12, 2002. BCI was later shut down by its parent company, Navarre Corporation, and the DVD was discontinued.^[3][4]

Dynamite Brothers was featured on Cinematic Titanic's live tour as East Meets Watts, and video from the tour was released on DVD on December 16, 2009.^[5][6]

References

1. ^ Internet Movie Database Dynamite Brothers (1974)
2. ^ COLLAMER-JONES.COM The Dynamite Brother
3. ^ "Dynamite Brothers". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/90171/The-Dynamite-Brothers/dvd. Retrieved 2009-12-13. 
4. ^ David Lambert (2008-12-18). "Navarre Shuts Down BCI". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-BCI-Shut-Down/11064. 
5. ^ "East Meets Watts". Cinematic Titanic. http://cinematictitanic.com/showguide.php?showname=East_Meets_Watts. Retrieved 2009-12-13. 
6. ^ "Live Cinematic Titanic DVD Coming; New Tour Dates Announced". Satellite News. 2009-12-09. http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=4516. 

External links

Dynamite Brothers at the Internet Movie Database
Dynamite Brothers on YouTube
Cinematic Titanic - East Meets Watts sample on YouTube