The Slams

The Slams
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Produced by Gene Corman
Written by Richard DeLong Adams
Starring Jim Brown
Judy Pace
Roland Bob Harris
Music by Luther Henderson
Distributed by MGM
Release dates
  • September 26, 1973 (1973-09-26)
Running time
91 min.
Country United States
Language English

The Slams is a 1973 film directed by Jonathan Kaplan starring Jim Brown.

Plot

Curtis Hook (Jim Brown) is caught by the police after a heist. In jail, Curtis has to deal with people who want to know where he stashed the loot while also trying to get out of jail in time to get the money before its hiding place is demolished.

Tagline

JIM BROWN goes over the wall to flash with a million $ stash.

Production

The film was produced by Gene Corman, brother of famous B-movie producer Roger Corman. Gene hired Kaplan on the basis of the director's handling of the black subplot in Roger Corman's The Student Teachers. The only requirement was that Kaplan meet with Jim Brown. "I found him to be quite sweet, quite charming," says Kaplan.[1]

Kaplan found Gene Corman a far more hands on producer than his brother, casting the movie and using his own editor. The film was shot on location mostly at Lincoln Heights Prison in Los Angeles.[1]

Brown wanted to fight someone bigger than him in a fight scene so Ted Cassidy was cast. Kaplan said he found the way to keep Brown engaged in the movie was to get him involved in some sort of competition, so he organised people to play chess with him in between takes.[1]

Cast

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