Shock-O-Rama Cinema presents an Independent-International Pictures Corp. Release Black Heat vhs so-3005 upc 612385300530 $14.98 srp dvd so-3205 upc 612385320590 $19.98 srp release date 3/4/2003 Starring TIMOTHY BROWN RUSS TAMBLYN J.C. WELLS GEOFFREY LAND REGINA CARROL TANYA BOYD and AL RICHARDSON as "Alphonse" Director of Photography GARY GRAVER Editor MICHAEL BOCKMAN Music score PAUL LEWINSON Executive Producer CALVIN FLOYD Screenplay JOHN R. D'AMATO SHELDON LEE BUDD DONNELLY Produced by SAM SHERMAN Directed by AL ADAMSON Produced and directed by the legendary 'B' movie tag-team of Sam Sherman and Al Adamson, Black Heat (a.k.a. The Murder Gang and Girls' Hotel) is a guns-blazing blaxploitation cult classic from 1976 seeing its first ever release on DVD. Timothy Brown (Nashville, Stud Brown) stars as "Kicks" Carter, a tough-as-nails LA cop and one bad dude hot on the trail of a black mob boss named Guido. Guido and his sleazy henchman Ziggy (Russ Tamblyn - Twin Peaks) are planning a big-time drugs for munitions trade, but Kicks and partner Tony (Geoffrey Land) stand in the way of it going down. When Tony is killed in a spectacular car chase and crash, Kicks decides it's high time for payback, and nobody better get in HIS way. With the help of Alphonse, his ghetto contact, and a beautiful TV news reporter who can't get enough of him, Kicks tracks Guido and his hoods into the desert for the final vicious showdown and explosive shoot-out. And if Kicks has any say, those low-lifes are gonna pay! VHS EDITION includes UNCUT FEATURE FILM! SPECIAL EDITION DVD includes UNCUT FEATURE FILM! COMMENTARY! by producer SAM SHERMAN THEATRICAL TRAILERS! OUTTAKES & DELETED SCENES! BOOKLET! Reproduction of Original Theatrical Pressbook EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES! by noted Al Adamson Historians