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Gordon's War

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A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriated, he gathers three of his ex-GI buddies and they lay out plans to fight the drug dealers.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1973-08-09

Runtime: 90 mins

Director: Ossie Davis

Writer: Howard Friedlander, Ed Spielman

Spoken language: English

Genres: Adventure, Action, Crime

Original title: Gordon's War

Production Companies: Palomar Pictures International, 20th Century Fox

Production Countries: United States of America

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