简介：Thisby-the-numbersaction-revengedramathatplayslikeseveralothersimilarly-plotted,goodol'boypulpflicksofitsera,suchasBillyJack(1971)andWalkingTall(1973).TimothyBottomsstarsasPokeJackson,aconvictwho'sjustbeenreleasedfromprisonafterastintfordrugtrafficking.ThecatchisthatPokewasinnocent,havingbeenframedforthecrimebyacorruptlawman,SheriffDuke(BoHopkins).PokemakeshiswayhometohisbeautifulgirlfriendMaryLee(SusanGeorge)andtheirillegitimateson,onlytofindthatDukehasmovedintohisplaceasMary'slover.Incensed,Pokesetsoutonacourseofvengeancethatwillpithimagainstthetoughcopandculminateinalethalcarchase.Withsupportingcharactersnamed"Bull,""Cleotus,"and"Buford,"theredneckpedigreeofASmallTowninTexas(1976)isdistinct.ThefilmwaspennedbyscreenwriterWilliamW.Norton,whowroteseveralbetterexamplesofthishigh-octane,machogenre,includingWhiteLightning(1973)andGator(1976).…