Jefferson Bolt - Reisender in Dynamit

Jefferson Bolt - Reisender in Dynamit (1973)

That Man Bolt

Es hätte ein einfacher Job für den Kurier Jefferson Bolt (Fred Williamson) werden können: ein Geldkoffer sollte von Hongkong via Los Angeles nach Mexiko City gebracht werden. Doch da Bolt die Ware vom Zoll registrieren lässt, bekommen es die Auftraggeber mit der Panik zu tun und schon in Los Angeles wartet keine freundliche Begrüßung auf Bolt, sondern finstere Ganoven mit Bleispritzen. Doch Bolt, ein Ass der Kampfkünste und ausgestattet mit dem richtigen Riecher, kann seinen Häschern immer wieder entkommen. Diese werden selbst zu Gejagten, als Bolts Freundin Sam bei einem Attentat getöt wird. Nun dreht Bolt den Spieß um und will sich in Hongkong an den Hintermännern rächen...

Erscheinungsdatum
1973-12-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (12)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 44 Min.
Genres
Action, Drama
Regie
Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

That Man Bolt is a 1973 American action film directed by David Lowell Rich and Henry Levin. It stars Fred Williamson in the title role of courier Jefferson Bolt and Byron Webster. The film combined several genres: blaxploitation, the martial arts film, and James Bond superspy films. It was filmed in Hong Kong, Macau and the United States and featured several martial arts experts in action: Mike Stone, World Professional Light Heavyweight Karate Champion, Kenji Kazama Japan Kickboxing Champion, Emil Farkas, European Black Belt Karate Champion, and David Chow, Former California State Judo Champion. It was titled Operation Hong Kong outside the United States.

Production

Fred Williamson had recently starred in Hammer (1972), produced by Bernard Schwartz, which had been a big success. This led to Universal Pictures signing him for three films featuring the Bolt character as a black James Bond, but avoiding the urban locations of blaxploitation films. The first film was also produced by Schwartz and was known during shooting as Thunderbolt.

Filming look place on location in Hong Kong, Kowloon, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. The picture began shooting under director Henry Levin. In April 1973, Levin fell ill and was replaced by David Lowell Rich. Reportedly Levin shot for 28 days, including the Hong Kong sequences, while Rich shot for ten days, and supervised the editing. On his days off during filming, Williamson shot scenes for Hell Up in Harlem.

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