Bare Knuckles

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Bare Knuckles

Directed by	Don Edmonds
Produced by	Don Edmonds
Written by	Don Edmonds
Starring	Robert Viharo Sherry Jackson Gloria Hendry
Music by	Vic Caeser
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	September 1977
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$50,000^[1]
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Bare Knuckles is a 1977 blaxploitation film, starring Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written and directed by Don Edmonds.

The plot follows L.A. bounty hunter Zachary Kane (Viharo), on the hunt for a masked serial killer on the loose. Director Edmonds said he didn't get any permits for the movie, made for $25000 with another $25000 spent for goods and services. ^[1]

This film is one of the movies that has inspired Quentin Tarantino ^[1], and it was selected by Tarantino himself to be shown at his Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival in 2007. ^[2] In May 2008, it is being shown by Viharo's son, Will, as part of his long-running Thrillville theater program.