Black Gunn
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| Directed by | Robert Hartford-Davis |
| Screenplay by | Franklin Coen Robert Shearer |
| Story by | Robert Hartford-Davis |
| Produced by | John Heyman Norman Priggen |
| Starring | Jim Brown Martin Landau Brenda Sykes Luciana Paluzzi Vida Blue |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | Pat Somerset |
| Music by | Tony Osborne |
Production companies | Champion Production Company World Film Services |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,015,000 (US/ Canada rentals) |
Black Gunn is a 1972 neo-noir blaxploitation crime film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Jim Brown as the title character, a nightclub owner who gets caught up in a conflict between a Black power organization and the American Mafia. The film co-stars Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Luciana Paluzzi, and baseball pitcher-turned-actor Vida Blue in his sole film role.
The film differs from many blaxploitation films in that it was an international co-production (between Columbia Pictures and British producer John Heyman), and was made by a non-American director. It premiered in the United States on December 20, 1972.