The Candy Tangerine Man

1975 film

1975 (1975)

Running time

88 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$1 million^[1]

The Candy Tangerine Man is a 1975^[2] American action-adventure blaxploitation film^[3] starring John Daniels, Eli Haines and Tom Hankason. Distributed by Moonstone Entertainment,^[4] it follows the story of the powerful "Black Baron" (Daniels), both a pimp and a doting father. The film was directed and produced by Matt Cimber and written by Mikel Angel under the pseudonym of George Theakos.^[5]

Plot

A successful Los Angeles-based businessperson, doting father of two and a loving husband, Ron Lewis (John Daniels) turns into a completely different self at night – his alter ego, the "Black Baron", a prominent, powerful and feared pimp; but after killing two racist police officers in his pursuit, the Baron realises that his pimping days are numbered.

Cast

John Daniels as Ron Lewis / The Black Baron
Eli Haines
Tom Hankason
Marva Farmer
Richard Kennedy as Dempsey
George Buck Flower as Gordon
Meri McDonald as "Sugar"
Marilyn Joi as Clarisse
Talley Cochrane as Midge
Patrick Wright as Floyd "Big Floyd"
Mikel Angel as Vincent De Nunzio

References

^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^ Phil Hardy (1997). The Bfi Companion to Crime. University of California Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780520215382.
^ Bob McCann (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. p. 387. ISBN 9780786437900.
^ William L. Van Deburg (2008). Black Camelot: African-American Culture Heroes in Their Times, 1960-1980. University of Chicago Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780226847184.
^ James Robert Parish; George Hill (1989). Black action films: plots, critiques, casts and credits for 235 theatrical and made-for-television releases. McFarland. ISBN 9780899504568.