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==Plot==
==Plot==
Somebody's running a takeover on crime lord King Lathrop's (Owen Watson) operation using bogarts in [[Hannibal Lecter]] lookalike masks. Clueless, King Lathrop calls private detective Velvet Smooth (Johnnie Hill) for help. With the help of her friends Ria (Elsie Roman), a lawyer, and Frankie ([[René Van Clief]]), she infiltrates the criminal underworld to investigate.
Somebody's running a takeover on crime lord King Lathrop's (Owen Watson) operation using bogarts in [[Hannibal Lecter]] lookalike masks. Clueless, King Lathrop calls private detective Velvet Smooth (Johnnie Hill) for help. With the help of her friends Ria (Elsie Roman), a lawyer, and Frankie (René Van Clief), she infiltrates the criminal underworld to investigate.


Velvet finds this may be an inside job led by King Lathrop's man Calvin ([[James Durrah]]). When Velvet reports this to Lathrop, he denies it at first but the problems come closer to Calvin. Hurt by it all, Lathrop fires Calvin. Although Lathrop thinks Calvin masterminded the take-over on his own, Velvet remains unconvinced and seeks further to find out who was the [[wikt:mastermind|man behind the man]].
Velvet finds this may be an inside job led by King Lathrop's man Calvin (James Durrah). When Velvet reports this to Lathrop, he denies it at first but the problems come closer to Calvin. Hurt by it all, Lathrop fires Calvin. Although Lathrop thinks Calvin masterminded the take-over on his own, Velvet remains unconvinced and seeks further to find out who was the [[wikt:mastermind|man behind the man]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 09:00, 20 December 2021

Velvet Smooth
Film poster
Directed byMichael L. Fink
Written byLeonard Michaels
Jan Weber
Produced byMichael L. Fink
Joel Schild
Marvin Schild
StarringJohnnie Hill
CinematographyJay Dubin
Distributed byHoward Mahler Films
Release date
  • June 30, 1976 (1976-06-30)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000
Box office$770,000

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's 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).

Plot

Somebody's running a takeover on crime lord King Lathrop's (Owen Watson) operation using bogarts in Hannibal Lecter lookalike masks. Clueless, King Lathrop calls private detective Velvet Smooth (Johnnie Hill) for help. With the help of her friends Ria (Elsie Roman), a lawyer, and Frankie (René Van Clief), she infiltrates the criminal underworld to investigate.

Velvet finds this may be an inside job led by King Lathrop's man Calvin (James Durrah). When Velvet reports this to Lathrop, he denies it at first but the problems come closer to Calvin. Hurt by it all, Lathrop fires Calvin. Although Lathrop thinks Calvin masterminded the take-over on his own, Velvet remains unconvinced and seeks further to find out who was the man behind the man.

See also