''The Bad Bunch'', originally released as ''Tom'', is an American 1973

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film directed by and co-starring

Greydon Clark Greydon Clark (born February 7, 1943) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. His career spans several decades and genres, although the majority of his work has been low-budget productions in the action/horror genres. His mo ...

Plot

The film is a study of prejudice and discrimination. It tells the story of a black gang who run the streets of Watts and of Jim, a white man, who tries to befriend them. Prejudice stands in the way of any friendship and turns black against white in a mid '70s, does much to show how society has progressed, but to some it may seem that "the more things change, the more they stay the same."

Release

The film was released theatrically in the

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in 1973 and re-released by Dimension Pictures in 1976. The title was changed to ''Nigger Lover'' in some markets.

would explore racial themes further in his subsequent films ''

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'' (1976) and ''

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'' (1989). ''The Bad Bunch'' was released on a double feature

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with Clark's ''

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'' by VCI Home Entertainment in 2010.

Reception

TV guide found that "his early '70s effort from veteran exploitation director Greydon Clark attempts to create a more socially conscious variation on the blaxploitation genre, but devotes most of its time to thrills of the most lurid variety."

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* 1970s action drama films 1970s American films 1970s English-language films 1973 drama films 1973 films American action drama films Blaxploitation films Films directed by Greydon Clark English-language action drama films {{exploitation-film-stub

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