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Bucktown, USA is a 1975 American crime action blaxploitation film released by American International Pictures starring Fred Williamson.

Bucktown
Directed by	Arthur Marks
Written by	Bob Ellison
Produced by	Bernard Schwartz
Starring	Fred Williamson Pam Grier Thalmus Rasulala Tony King
Cinematography	Robert Birchall
Edited by	George Folsey, Jr.
Music by	Johnny Pate
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	July 2, 1975 (1975-07-02)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$370,000

Plot

Fred Williamson stars as Duke Johnson, a man who arrives in Bucktown, to bury his brother, a bar owner who was killed after refusing to pay crooked cops for protection. After arriving in Bucktown, he realizes he needs help after being threatened himself. Duke calls his friend Roy (Thalmus Rasulala) and his gang to come and help. But, after arriving, Roy's gang decided to take over the town, themselves. In order to prevent this, Duke has to fight off Roy's gang all by himself.[1]

Cast

• Fred Williamson as Duke Johnson
• Pam Grier as Aretha
• Thalmus Rasulala as Roy
• Tony King as T.J.
• Bernie Hamilton as Harley
• Art Lund as Chief Patterson
• Tierre Turner as Steve
• Carl Weathers as Hambone
• Morgan Upton as Sam
• Jim Bohan as Clete

Music

The film's score was written by Johnny Pate, and its main theme sung by Luther Rabb. The soundtrack was released by American International Records.[2]

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby gave the film a negative review, calling it "really bad" and "both silly and vicious," though he praised the performances of Williamson and Grier, saying the two "display enough of their own private wit to save the movie from seeming to be quite the mess it is."[3]

In a 2012 interview, director Arthur Marks describes the film as "a big success," noting that Samuel Arkoff's American International Pictures saw the film and wanted to distribute it (Marks had previously distributed through his own General Film Corporation). He claims, "it made back its initial cost very quickly, and played every inner-city in the North. It was making --playing the State Lake Theater in Chicago-- at [sic] $60,000 and 70,000 a week." Mark's work with AIP on the film led to their distributing his subsequent films.[4]

Release

Bucktown has been released on DVD by MGM and blu-ray, most recently in 2019 by Scorpion Releasing.

Remake

Bucktown was loosely remade as the film Full Clip (2004).[5] Williamson also borrowed heavily from the film's plot for his 1996 film Original Gangstas, which also co-starred Grier.

See also

• List of American films of 1975

References

External links

• Bucktown at IMDb
• Bucktown at Rotten Tomatoes

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