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* PistolWhipping: Attempted by a goon who tries to beat T up with a gun, but T pushes the gun away and beats the goon up instad.
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* PistolWhipping: Attempted by a goon who tries to beat T up with a gun, but T pushes the gun away and beats the goon up instad.instead.
* PopStarComposer: Music/MarvinGaye, with the title song becoming a Top 10 hit.
* PopStarComposer: Music/MarvinGaye, with the title song becoming a Top 10 hit.
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Mr. T (Creator/RobertHooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Creator/BillHenderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who have been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (Creator/JohnEdwardsActor), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
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Mr. T (Creator/RobertHooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Creator/BillHenderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who have been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (Creator/JohnEdwardsActor), (Creator/JohnEdwards), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
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Mr. T (Robert Hooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Bill Henderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who have been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (John Edwards), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
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Mr. T (Robert Hooks) (Creator/RobertHooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Bill Henderson).(Creator/BillHenderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who have been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (John Edwards), (Creator/JohnEdwardsActor), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
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''Trouble Man'' is a 1972 blaxploitation film written by John D. F. Black and directed by Creator/IvanDixon, with music by Music/MarvinGaye.
Mr. T (Robert Hooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Bill Henderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who've been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (John Edwards), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
''Trouble Man'' is a 1972 blaxploitation film written by John D. F. Black and directed by Creator/IvanDixon, with music by Music/MarvinGaye.
Mr. T (Robert Hooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Bill Henderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who've been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (John Edwards), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
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''Trouble Man'' is a 1972
Mr. T (Robert Hooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Bill Henderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers
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''Trouble Man'' is a 1972 blaxploitation film written by John D. F. Black and directed by Ivan Dixon, with music by Music/MarvinGaye.
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''Trouble Man'' is a 1972 blaxploitation film written by John D. F. Black and directed by Ivan Dixon, Creator/IvanDixon, with music by Music/MarvinGaye.
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''Trouble Man'' is a 1972 blaxploitation film written by John D. F. Black and directed by Ivan Dixon.
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''Trouble Man'' is a 1972 blaxploitation film written by John D. F. Black and directed by Ivan Dixon.
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* FreezeFrame: An unusual example. The credits roll over a freeze-frame of T's car pulling out of the police station parking lot, but then after the credits end, the image unfreezes and the car pulls into traffic before the movie ends.
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* FreezeFrame: FreezeFrameEnding: An unusual example. The credits roll over a freeze-frame of T's car pulling out of the police station parking lot, but then after the credits end, the image unfreezes and the car pulls into traffic before the movie ends.
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* FreezeFrame: An unusual example. The credits roll over a freeze-frame of T's car pulling out of the police station parking lot, but then after the credits end, the image unfreezes and the car pulls into traffic before the movie ends.
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* DisposingOfABody: Chalky and Pete dump Abbey's body in a parking lot. Then one of them provides an anonymous tip to the police, saying where the body is and claiming T killed him.
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* DumbwaiterRide: A variation. Instead of riding in the dumbwaiter, T pulls himself up the ropes of a disused dumbwaiter shaft.
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* WeNeedADistraction: T visits the record office at the police station and has his girlfriend Cleo (Paula Kelly) call the office, pretending to be a college newspaper journalist researching for an article about government jobs for graduates. While the officer who works there talks to her, T steals his gun from the evidence cabinet. At the end of the movie, he persuades a policewoman to pretend to misunderstand the codes she works with. While the officer is explaining them to her, T places the gun back in the evidence cabinet so no one will suspect anything.
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* PistolWhipping: Attempted by a goon who tries to beat T up with a gun, but T pushes the gun away and beats the goon up instad.
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* IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes: When T asks his pool opponent if he can afford a $500 bet, his opponent replies, "Is an elephant heavy?"
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* OfficeGolf: T goes to threaten a building owner whose neglect has caused a child to become injured. T finds the man playing golf in his office. He steps on the golf ball as it rolls towards him.
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* OfficeGolf: T goes to threaten a building owner whose neglect of the building has caused a child to become injured. T finds the man playing golf in his office. He steps on the golf ball as it rolls towards him.
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* OfficeSports: T goes to threaten a building owner whose neglect has caused a child to become injured. T finds the man playing golf in his office. He steps on the golf ball as it rolls towards him.
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* OfficeSports: OfficeGolf: T goes to threaten a building owner whose neglect has caused a child to become injured. T finds the man playing golf in his office. He steps on the golf ball as it rolls towards him.
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''Trouble Man'' is a 1972 blaxploitation film written by John D. F. Black and directed by Ivan Dixon.
Mr. T (Robert Hooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Bill Henderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who've been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (John Edwards), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
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!!''Trouble Man'' contains examples of:
* OfficeSports: T goes to threaten a building owner whose neglect has caused a child to become injured. T finds the man playing golf in his office. He steps on the golf ball as it rolls towards him.
* SoftGlass: As Abbey falls, his flailing arm manages to smash a windowpane.
* StockingMask: The four robbers all wear these.
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Mr. T (Robert Hooks) is a private detective and problem solver who works out of a pool hall owned by Jimmy (Bill Henderson). Chalky Price (Creator/PaulWinfield) and Pete Cockrell (Creator/RalphWaite), who run dice games, hire T to catch four robbers who've been targeting them. But the next time the robbers strike, Chalky shoots one of them, who turns out to be Abbey Walsh (John Edwards), employee of crime kingpin Big (Creator/JuliusHarris). When Pete and Chalky frame T for Abbey's death, T must find out why.
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!!''Trouble Man'' contains examples of:
* OfficeSports: T goes to threaten a building owner whose neglect has caused a child to become injured. T finds the man playing golf in his office. He steps on the golf ball as it rolls towards him.
* SoftGlass: As Abbey falls, his flailing arm manages to smash a windowpane.
* StockingMask: The four robbers all wear these.
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