The Mack

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

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The Tarantino Connection
In True Romance this film appears on a TV and is discussed by Clarence when he visits Drexl's pimp pad.

Main Details

  • Released in 1973
  • Color
  • Running Time: 110 Min.
  • Distribution Co: Ambassador Film Distributors (1973) (Canada) (theatrical) | Cinerama Releasing Corporation (1973) (USA) (theatrical)| American International Pictures (re-release)
  • Directed by Michael Campus
  • Written by Robert J. Poole
  • Starring Max Julien, Richard Pryor, Don Gordon
  • Produced by Harvey Bernhard
  • Original Music by Willie Hutch
  • Cinematography by Ralph Woolsey
  • Film Editing by Frank C. Decot

Plot Summary

  • Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.

Also Known As

  • Goldy el chulo (Spain)
  • Le Mac (France)
  • Mack - il marciapiede della violenza (Italy)
  • Straßen zur Hölle (Germany)
  • The Mack and His Pack

Taglines

  • They're doing the job the cops can't!
  • There's a new kind of hero on the streets!
  • The original, the one and only...to make you feel gooo-o-o-o-o-o-d!
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