Arthur Marks

J.D.'s Revenge -- The story begins in New Orleans in 1942, with black crime kingpin J.D. Walker (David McKnight) shot dead on Bourbon Street. Cut to the present when clean-cut college student Ike (Glynn E. Turman) falls under the malevolent influence of the ghostly gangster. As he begins to exhibit J.D.'s boisterous, violent traits, Ike seeks out a local minister (Louis Gossett, Jr.) to exact his revenge.

Friday Foster -- An assassination attempt is made on a black billionaire and a bright young fashion photographer investigates. She's drawn into a dangerous adventure among the underworld and political types involving mystery and intrigue, and uncovers a conspiracy plot aimed at black politicians. From a story by Arthur Marks and based on the Chicago Tribune's comic strip 'Friday Foster.'

From the director of Friday Foster and J. D.'s Revenge comes a free-wheelin' fast-dealin' look at life in the ghetto Chicago style. Filled with comedy, fantasy and a cast of unforgettable characters, The Monkey Hustle is a fast, funny and downright funky film that has it all and a little more! Everybody's got a scam goin' on in this small Chicago hood but nobody's got it goin' quite like Daddy Foxx (Yaphet Kotto). He's so smooth, he teaches Flim-Flam 101- how to score, scam, jimmy and jam and get over on anyone! But when a new expressway threatens to express its way through their turf, Foxx and all the other monkey hustlers have to band together or the only place left to do their deeds will be between six stripey lines on a blacktop!

Murdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later... possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.

Redneck police force lords over a middle American community, regularly terrorizing and assaulting black citizens. Fred Williamson arrives in town to bury his brother (a victim of police brutality) and stays to try and right the injustice.

An assassination attempt is made on a black billionaire and a bright young fashion photographer investigates. She's drawn into a dangerous adventure involving mystery and intrigue and uncovers a conspiracy plot aimed at black politicians. Based on the comic strip.

Daddy Foxx (Yaphet Kotto, in a rare leading role) is a natural when it comes to scheming and scamming, and that keeps him one step ahead of the competition in his Windy City ghetto. But he'll need all his wits -- and the help of his neighbors -- to quash the local government's plan to run an expressway through the 'hood. Rudy Ray Moore and Rosalind Cash also star in this amusing blaxploitation dramedy.

Ike (Glynn Turman) takes part in a hypnotist's nightclub act one night but gets more than he bargained for when he's possessed by the spirit of a vengeful 1940s mobster named J.D. With J.D.'s restless soul on a mission to get payback for his own murder, the only person who can stop his killing spree is one of his targets, the reformed thug turned preacher Reverend Bliss (Lou Gossett Jr.). Arthur Marks directs this offbeat suspense-thriller.

The story begins in New Orleans in 1942, with black crime kingpin J.D. Walker (David McKnight) shot dead on Bourbon Street. Cut to the present when clean-cut college student Ike (Glynn E. Turman) falls under the malevolent influence of the ghostly gangster. As he begins to exhibit J.D.'s boisterous, violent traits, Ike seeks out a local minister (Louis Gossett, Jr.) to exact his revenge.

The Monkey Hustle is a fast, funny and downright funky film that has it all and a little more!

The Monkey Hustle is a fast, funny and downright funky film that has it all and a little more!

The story begins in New Orleans in 1942, with black crime kingpin J.D. Walker (David McKnight) shot dead on Bourbon Street. Cut to the present when clean-cut college student Ike (Glynn E. Turman) falls under the malevolent influence of the ghostly gangster. As he begins to exhibit J.D.'s boisterous, violent traits, Ike seeks out a local minister (Louis Gossett, Jr.) to exact his revenge.