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That Man Bolt
Original film posterDirected by David Lowell Rich
Henry LevinWritten by Ranald MacDougall
Charles Eric JohnsonStarring Fred Williamson Music by Charles Bernstein Cinematography Gerald Perry Finnerman Studio Universal Pictures Release date(s) December 1973 Running time 103 min. Country United States Language English That Man Bolt is a 1973 action film directed by David Lowell Rich and Henry Levin. It stars Fred Williamson in the title role of a courier and Byron Webster.[1] The film combined several genres of blaxploitation, the martial arts film and James Bond superspy films (with some postures featuring the tagline "He's Bonded"). It was filmed in Hong Kong, Macau and the USA and featured several martial arts experts in action: Mike Stone, World Professional Light Heavyweight Karate Champion[2], Kenji Kazama Japan Kick-boxing Champion, Emil Farkas, European Black Belt Karate Champion,[3] and David Chow, [4]Former California State Judo Champion.[5] It was titled Operation Hong Kong outside the United States. Peter Crowcroft wrote the novelization of the screenplay.
Cast
- Fred Williamson as Jefferson Bolt
- Byron Webster as Griffiths
- Miko Mayama as Dominique Kuan
- Teresa Graves as Samantha Nightingale
- Masatoshi Nakamura as Kumada
- John Orchard as Carter
- Jack Ging as Connie Mellis
- Ken Kazama as Spider
- Vassili Lambrinos as Raoul De Vargas
- Paul Mantee as Mickey
References
External links
- That Man Bolt at the Internet Movie Database
- That Man Bolt Review of the film & DVD at Vista Records
- NY Times Review http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E03E3DE153DE73ABC4C51DFB4678388669EDE
Films directed by David Lowell Rich 1950s No Time to Be Young (1957) · Senior Prom (1958) · Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959) · Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959)1960s See How They Run (1964) · Madame X (1966) · The Borgia Stick (1967) · Rosie! (1967) · A Lovely Way to Die (1968) · Eye of the Cat (1969)1970s The Mask of Sheba (1970) · Northeast of Seoul (1972) · The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972) · The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973) · Satan's School for Girls (1973) · Runaway! (1973) · That Man Bolt (1973) · SST: Death Flight (1977) · The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978) · The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)1980s Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) · Choices (1986)Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1973 films
- Films directed by David Lowell Rich
- Blaxploitation films
- American crime thriller films
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Universal Pictures films
- Films directed by Henry Levin
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