Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
6.833
3 Reviews
1981
1h 40min
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
Storyline
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
Released
29 January 1981
Runtime
1h 40min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Mickey Productions, Filmways Productions, NBC Productions
Cast
Robert Blake
Joe Dancer
JoBeth Williams
Tiffany Farinpour
Neva Patterson
Eliza Farinpour
James Gammon
Capt. Jake Jacqualone
Veronica Cartwright
Sister Theresa
Carol Wayne
Allegra Farinpour
Edward Winter
Jerrold Farinpour
Phillip R. Allen
Commissioner Wilkie
Sondra Blake
Charlie
Eileen Heckart
Sister Clara
Wilford Brimley
Wally Haskell
Kevyn Major Howard
David Farinpour
Kenneth Tigar
Trotter
Bubba Smith
Big Foot
Robert Phillips
Little Al
Marie Todd
Acting
Tony Brubaker
Tony Brubaker
Helen Kelly
Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)
John Lizzi
Boat Thug (uncredited)
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