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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The police all have patches that say "Akersfield". There's no Akersfield, California. There is a "Bakersfield", though.

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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The police all have patches that say "Akersfield". There's no Akersfield, California. There is a "Bakersfield", though.movie takes place in the fictional town of "Akersfield, California". Not to be confused with "Bakersfield, California", though, nossir!
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-->'''Radio announcer:''' all of the officers involved seem to be in good health. The chase, which took place in a field near the city of Ackersfield, resulted in the total demolition of fourteen police vehicles.

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* LeftHanging: [[spoiler: Does Jack ever clear his name? Will this experience make Kirschner a better man? Can Williams be able to maintain his career after this?]]

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* LeftHanging: [[spoiler: Does Jack ever clear his name? Will this experience make Kirschner Kirshner a better man? Can Williams be able to maintain his career after this?]]this? We never find out.]]


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* NationalStereotypes: At the dinner scene Kirshner cracks a few african american stereotypes, and everyone else razzes him about it.


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* SuddenMusicalEnding: [[spoiler: Jack, Lila and Williams drive off singing the gospel song "Oh Happy Day".]]
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* FanserviceExtra: The vast majority of nurses are young and nubile.


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* LeftHanging: [[spoiler: Does Jack ever clear his name? Will this experience make Kirschner a better man? Can Williams be able to maintain his career after this?]]
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The police all have patches that say "Akersfield". There's no Akersfield, California. There is a "Bakersfield", though.
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* ApatheticCitizens: The other motocross racers don't pull over or stop when police begin chasing on the track.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Lila asks Jack if he "has two of anything else".
* ChaseScene: The main plot pretty much goes out the window for about 20 minutes as the police chase the protagonists down streets, across a motocross race, and through a field.


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* FailedASpotCheck: at one point police blockade a road and don't notice the perfectly serviceable dirt road running parallel.


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* LemmingCops: A large amount of the ChaseScene involves police cars running into and off of things.
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A 1972 American {{Blaxploitation}} sci-fi horror comedy movie directed by Creator/LeeFrost, which has a dying, racist white doctor's (Creator/RayMilland) head getting grafted onto the body of a black death row inmate (Creator/RoseyGrier).

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A 1972 American {{Blaxploitation}} [[GenreMashup blaxploitation sci-fi horror comedy comedy]] movie directed by Creator/LeeFrost, which has a dying, racist white doctor's (Creator/RayMilland) head getting grafted onto the body of a black death row inmate (Creator/RoseyGrier).
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A 1972 American {{Blaxploitation}} sci-fi comedy film directed by Creator/LeeFrost, which has a racist white doctor's (Creator/RayMilland) head being transplanted onto the body of a black death row inmate (Creator/RoseyGrier).

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A 1972 American {{Blaxploitation}} sci-fi horror comedy film movie directed by Creator/LeeFrost, which has a dying, racist white doctor's (Creator/RayMilland) head being transplanted getting grafted onto the body of a black death row inmate (Creator/RoseyGrier).

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A 1972 American {{Blaxploitation}} sci-fi comedy directed by Creator/LeeFrost that has a racist doctor's (Creator/RayMilland) head being transplanted on the body of a death row inmate (Creator/RoseyGrier).

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A 1972 American {{Blaxploitation}} sci-fi comedy film directed by Creator/LeeFrost that Creator/LeeFrost, which has a racist white doctor's (Creator/RayMilland) head being transplanted on onto the body of a black death row inmate (Creator/RoseyGrier).



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* AbortedArc: Jack never gets a chance to [[ClearMyName clear his name]], since the issue with Kirshner is more important.
* ClearMyName: Jack's motivation throughout the movie.



* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: The racist Kirshner gets his head attached to an unwilling black man, Jack.

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* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: The racist Kirshner gets his head attached to an unwilling black man, Jack. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, he becomes this ''even more so'', as Williams disconnected him from Jack's body and left him hooked up to a machine begging Desmond to get him another body]].



%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Kirshner

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%%* * MultipleHeadCase: Aside from the obvious Kirshner/Jack, there's also a two-headed gorilla Kirshner made at the start of the movie.
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PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: KirshnerKirshner is only stopped from firing Fred Williams (who he hired for his skill before learning he was black) by the contract he has and doesn't stop insisting that Jack really did the crime he was convicted of.
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* InsufferableGenius: Kirshner. It doesn't get much more insufferable than racism or more genius than being able to transplant ''heads''.
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* {{Tagline}}: "They transplanted a white bigot's head on a soul brother's body!".

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* {{Tagline}}: "They transplanted a white bigot's head on a soul brother's body!".body!".

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A 1972 American {{Blaxploitation}} sci-fi comedy directed by Creator/LeeFrost that has a racist doctor's (Creator/RayMilland) head being transplanted on the body of a death row inmate (Creator/RoseyGrier).

The movie also stars Creator/DonMarshall, Creator/RogerPerry, Creator/KathyBaumann, Creator/ChelseaBrown, Creator/JohnDullaghan, Creator/LeeFrost, Creator/RickBaker, Creator/JohnBliss, and Creator/JaneKellem.

It was released on July 19, 1972.

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* ColorMeBlack: Dr. Maxwell Kirshner, a dying, wealthy racist who demands that his head be transplanted onto a healthy body. As he health rapidly deteriorates, there remains only one alternative: graft Kirshner's head onto the body of a black death row inmate, Jack Moss.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: The racist Kirshner gets his head attached to an unwilling black man, Jack.
* SharingABody: Maxwell's head to grafted onto Jack's, leading to ChainedHeat hijinx as they battle for control.
* {{Tagline}}: "They transplanted a white bigot's head on a soul brother's body!".

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