Gordon's War is a 1973 blaxploitation action film written by Howard Friedlander & Ed Spielman, directed by Ossie Davis and starring Paul Winfield.
Overview
Gordon's War is a 1973 action film written by Howard Friedlander and Ed Spielman, and directed by Ossie Davis. It stars Paul Winfield as Gordon Hudson.
Plot
A Vietnam veteran returns home to find drug dealers and addicts now rule his old neighborhood, and that even his own wife has fallen victim to drugs. Together with three of his buddies from Vietnam, he fights back.
Using tactics borrowed from war that involve them not using the cops, they find that the culprit to all of the trouble is a couple of white salesmen.
Cast
Paul Winfield as Gordon Hudson
Carl Lee as Bee Bishop
David Downing as Otis Russell
Tony King as Roy Green
Gilbert Lewis as Harry "Spanish Harry" Martinez
Carl Gordon as Luther "The Pimp"
Nathan Heard as "Big Pink"
Grace Jones as Mary
Jackie Page as Bedroom Girl
Chuck Bergansky as White Hitman
Adam Wade as Hustler
Hansford Rowe as Dog Salesman
Warren Taurien as "Goose"
Ralph Wilcox as Black Hitman
David Connell as Hotel Proprietor
Rochelle LeNoir as Gordon's Wife
Charles McGregor as Jim, Drug Dealer On Subway Station Platform (uncredited)