Velvet Smooth (1976)
Tall, Lean and Mean!
A crime lord hires Velvet Smooth, the head of a detective agency, to find out who is stealing his business.
- Date of release
- 1976-06-01
- TMDB
- 3.6 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Director
- Michael Fink
Casting
- Johnnie Hill — Velvet Smooth
- Owen Watson — King Lathrop
- Emerson Boozer — Mat
- René Van Clief — Frankie
- Elsie Roman — Ria
- Moses Lyllia — Sgt. Barnes
- Frank Ruiz — Lt. Ramos
- James Durrah — Calvin Christopher
- Thomas Agero — Snake
- Wilfredo Roldan — Rodriguez
- Michael Scorpio — Martinez
Interesting facts
Velvet Smooth is a 1976 American blaxploitation film directed by Michael L. Fink and starring Johnnie Hill. The screenplay concerns a crime lord who hires a female private detective to find out who is stealing his business. This was the only film role for Hill and co-star Emerson Boozer who had played for the New York Jets (1966–1975). It is also notable for being one of the last blaxploitation films to have a central female detective.
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