Hangup (1974)
October 1, 1974Release Date
Hangup (1974)
October 1, 1974Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
William Elliott
Ken Ramsey
Marki Bey
Julie
Cliff Potts
Lou
Michael Lerner
Fred Richards
Wally Taylor
Sgt. Becker
Henry Hathaway
Director
George Murdock
Capt. Gorney
Timothy Blake
Gwen
Bernard Brunner
Writer
Fredd Wayne
Felder
Lee Lazich
Writer
Albert Maltz
Writer
Midori
Sally
Martin Rackin
Producer
Jerry Ayres
Jerry
Tony Camillo
Composer
Details.
Wiki.
Hangup, also called Hang Up and later released under the name Super Dude, is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey. This was the last film directed by Hathaway.The film falls in the blaxploitation subgenre of "vigilante group cleans up ghetto streets". The film follows a black policeman seeking revenge on the man who got his girlfriend addicted to heroin. The film was distributed by American International Pictures, one of the many films it targeted to the new youth market. Josiah Howard states that the marketing "almost makes it look like a spoof of the genre." Howard described the film as "low budget and flashy, but fast-moving and consistently entertaining." Leonard Maltin wrote "Hathaway has done many fine films, but this, his last, isn't one."