Film · 1972

Top of the Heap

Name: Top of the Heap
Director: Christopher St. John
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1972-06-02

90 min · Directed by Christopher St. John · R

Crime Drama

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His rage was the illness of the times!

A Black cop is pushed over the edge when he is passed over for a promotion, leading him on a violent personal crusade against criminals punctuated by feverish psychedelic dream visions.

Cast

Christopher St. John

George Lattimer

Paula Kelly

Black Chick

F

Florence St. Peter

Viola Lattimer

I

Ingeborg Sørensen

Nurse Swenson

A

Almeria Quinn

Valerie Lattimer

Allen Garfield

Taxi Driver

M

Marilyn Wirt

Nurse

A

Anne Mason

Walsh's Secretary

M

Maria Lennard

Reporter

M

Mayrita Varna

Reporter

B

Beatrice Webster

George's Mother

E

Essie McSwine

African Dancer

P

Pamela Whorf

Girl Rioter

A

Angela Seymour

Young Hooker (uncredited)

T

Tiger Joe Marsh

Man with Knife

Crew

Director: Christopher St. John
Producer: Christopher St. John, Joe Solomon
Writer: Christopher St. John
Editor: Michael Pozen
Cinematography: Richard A. Kelley
Art Direction: Normand Houle
Composer: J.J. Johnson
Makeup: Maurice Stein

Details

Studios: St. John Unlimited, The Fanfare Corporation
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: R
Release: June 2, 1972

Themes

blaxploitation cinemaastronautfantasy sequenceanger

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