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Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

1981

100 minutes

MysteryCrimeDramaTV Movie

Overview

The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.

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Top Cast

Robert Blake headshot

Robert Blake

Joe Dancer

JoBeth Williams headshot

JoBeth Williams

Tiffany Farinpour

Neva Patterson headshot

Neva Patterson

Eliza Farinpour

James Gammon headshot

James Gammon

Capt. Jake Jacqualone

Veronica Cartwright headshot

Veronica Cartwright

Sister Theresa

Carol Wayne headshot

Carol Wayne

Allegra Farinpour

Edward Winter headshot

Edward Winter

Jerrold Farinpour

Phillip R. Allen headshot

Phillip R. Allen

Commissioner Wilkie

Sondra Blake headshot

Sondra Blake

Charlie

Eileen Heckart headshot

Eileen Heckart

Sister Clara

Wilford Brimley headshot

Wilford Brimley

Wally Haskell

Kevyn Major Howard headshot

Kevyn Major Howard

David Farinpour

Kenneth Tigar headshot

Kenneth Tigar

Trotter

Bubba Smith headshot

Bubba Smith

Big Foot

Robert Phillips headshot

Robert Phillips

Little Al

Marie Todd headshot

Marie Todd

Tony Brubaker headshot

Tony Brubaker

Tony Brubaker

Helen Kelly headshot

Helen Kelly

Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)

John Lizzi headshot

John Lizzi

Boat Thug (uncredited)