The Slams

1973
18
1h 31m

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Everybody is after the money stolen by Hook before he ended up in prison, including the villainous head guard Capt. Stambell.Everybody is after the money stolen by Hook before he ended up in prison, including the villainous head guard Capt. Stambell.Everybody is after the money stolen by Hook before he ended up in prison, including the villainous head guard Capt. Stambell.

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5.9/10

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Jim Brown

Curtis X. Hook

Judy Pace

Iris Daniels

Roland Bob Harris

Capt. Otis Stambell
(as Roland 'Bob' Harris)

Paul Harris

Jackson Barney
(as Paul E. Harris)

Frank DeKova

Capiello
(as Frank De Kova)

Ted Cassidy

Glover

Frenchia Guizon

Macey

John Dennis

Sgt. Morella…

Jac Emel

Zack

Quinn K. Redeker

Warden
(as Quinn Redeker)

Betty Cole

Mother

Robert Phillips

Cohalt

Dick Miller

Cab Driver

Jan Merlin

Saddler

Carmen Argenziano

Minor Role

Rudy Challenger

Minor Role

Charles Cyphers

Nicol
(uncredited)

Luther Fear

Fighter with Laundry Paddle
(uncredited)

Director
- Jonathan Kaplan
Writer
- Richard DeLong Adams
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Trivia
Jim Brown insisted that someone as big or bigger than him be cast as the lead bad guy in the film in order to make his major confrontation with Glover at the end seem like a fair fight. This is why the hulking Ted Cassidy was cast as Glover.

Goofs
There is no way a cement mixer truck would be left overnight in a prison, especially with cement in it. The disposal of the prison guard in the mixer is gruesome but very unrealistic.

Alternate versions
UK pre-cert VHS on MGM, catalogue number UMV 10444, is censored for violence. Possibly pre-cut by MGM, nervous of then-brewing Video Nasty rumpus. Strangely, the cassette offers a running time of 97 minutes, six minutes longer than the accepted duration for this film.

Connections
Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 8 (2002)

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Featured review

7/10

Excellent Prison Flick

First-rate prison crime drama with ample doses of action and humor. Exceptional of its type. Jim Brown stars with a great supporting cast including Ted Cassidy (Lurch from Addams Family) and Frank DeKova (Chief Wild Eagle from F Troop). Roland Bob Harris is great as the sleazy captain of the prison guards who meets a deservedly gruesome fate. Look fast for the legendary Dick Miller in a bit part as a carjacked taxi driver. For sensitive types be warned it's a violent movie with lots of foul language and racial slurs. Despite this, it somehow actually manages to be a fun movie that keeps you engrossed the whole time.