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Hangup (1973)
Director: Henry Hathaway
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A curiously dated and unconvincing tone of moral outrage envelops this creaking tale of a black policeman (Elliott) who redeems and then falls in love with a young heroin addict (Bey), only to abandon her upon discovering that she lied about having worked as a hooker. Driven back to the toils, she dies and he is left with a 'hangup'. The septuagenarian Hathaway's creative powers were once to be reckoned with, intermittently, but this rudimentary, straggling revenge picture - his last - should have been left on the shelf.Author: JPy
Cast & crew
Director: Henry Hathaway
Producer: Martin Rackin
Cast: William Elliott, Marki Bey, Cliff Potts, Michael Lerner, Wally Taylor, George Murdock, Midori full cast
Duration: 93 mins
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