The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1972
Melinda
Directed by
Hugh A. Robertson
A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
The story
A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
Cast
Calvin LockhartFrankie J. Parker
Rosalind CashTerry Davis
Vonetta McGeeMelinda
Paul StevensMitch
Rockne TarkingtonTank
Ross HagenGregg Van
Renny RokerDennis Smith
Judyann ElderGloria
Jim KellyCharles Atkins
Jan TiceMarcia
Lonne Elder IIILt. Daniels
Ed CambridgeDetective
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George FisherYoung Man
Buddy Joe HookerRome's Servant
Allen PinsonRome
Jack ManningBank Man
Gene LeBellHood
Gary PagettSgt. Adams
Khalil BezaleelWashington
Nina RomanBank Woman
Jeannie BellJean
Earl MaynardKarate Group
Dori DixonKarate Group
Douglas C. LawrenceKarate Group
Evelyne CuffeeKarate Group
Peaches JonesKarate Group
David ArmstrongBoard Member (uncredited)
Marcello ClayNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Ken ClaytonNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Tony DanteBoard Member (uncredited)
Wesley GaleNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Chuck HicksCop (uncredited)
Eugene JacksonParty Guest (uncredited)
Murray PollackBoard Member (uncredited)
John QuadeCop (uncredited)
Victor RomitoBoard Member (uncredited)
Eddie SmithJunkie (uncredited)
Owen SongWaiter (uncredited)
Martin StraderDerelict in Station (uncredited)
Jesse WayneHit Man (uncredited)
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