Chuck Norris Anne Archer Lloyd Haynes Dana Andrews Jim Backus James Franciscus
Cinematography
Robert Steadman
Edited by
Millie Moore William Moore
Music by
Craig Safan
Production companies
Action One Film Partners, LTD Mar Vista Productions Western Film Productions
Distributed by
American Cinema Releasing
Release date
June 2, 1978 (1978-06-02)
Running time
96 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1 million[1]
Box office
$18.3 million (United States)[2][3]
Good Guys Wear Black is a 1978 American martial arts action film starring Chuck Norris and directed by Ted Post.[4][5] This was the second film to feature Norris as the star, following Breaker! Breaker! (1977).[6] However, this is the one that Norris considers his "breakthrough".[7]
Following years of kung fu film imports from Hong Kong action cinema during the 1970s, most notably Bruce Lee films followed by Bruceploitation flicks, Good Guys Wear Black launched Chuck Norris as the first successful homegrown American martial arts star, having previously been best known for his film debut as a villain in Bruce Lee's Way of the Dragon (1972). Good Guys Wear Black distinguished itself from earlier martial arts films with its distinctly American setting, characters, themes, and politics, a formula which Norris continued with the similarly successful Force of One (1979).[5] The film featured a first screen appearance by Norris' brother Aaron Norris and the final appearance of Lloyd Haynes.[8]
^Goldman, Stuart (June 29, 1980). "Movies: Martial-Arts Films: Alive and Kicking". Los Angeles Times. p. y28.
^"Good Guys Wear Black – Box Office Data". The Numbers. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^Drooz, A. (Mar 12, 1981). "Chuck Norris aims for stardom". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 152733428.
^Maslin, Janet (1984-12-02). "Film View; Short On Talk, Big at the Box Office". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
^ abCook, David A. (2002). Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970–1979. University of California Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-520-23265-5.
^"Good Guys Wear Black". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
^Cook, Bruce (Jan 29, 1988). "In 'Braddock,' Norris Kicks Out Over War's Lost Children". Chicago Tribune (Sports Final, CN ed.). p. K.
^"Good Guys Wear Black". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 47, no. 552. London. Jan 1, 1980. p. 22.
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