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J. D.'s Revenge. J. D.'s Revenge is a blaxploitation horror film released in 1976. It starred Glynn Turman and Lou Gossett. The main character becomes an unwilling host for the restless spirit of J.D. Walker, a hustler killed 30 years earlier when he was wrongfully accused of killing his sister.
- Harry J. May
- Jaison Starkes
- Arthur Marks
- Arthur Marks
Feb 8, 1978 · J.D.'s Revenge: Directed by Arthur Marks. With Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Carl W. Crudup. Murdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.
- Arthur Marks
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Detective. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Vernel Bagneris. ... Man in the 500 Club (uncredited) Adolph Caesar. ... Narrator of Theatrical Trailer (voice) (uncredited) Deonna Lang.
The movie's ending turns out to be satisfactorily complicated, with all sorts of mistaken identities, close calls, emotional reunions and poetic justice. The ploy's a little like Ross Macdonald novel, in fact, where the mysterious events of today draw us inexorably back toward an almost-forgotten crime in the past.
Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who got him killed. Arthur Marks. Director.
Rent J.D.'s Revenge on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker (David McKnight) is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for ...
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