Duke of Earl

July. 13,1979      R
Rating:
5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Violence erupts when two vicious street gangs go to war in the inner city. Duke, the gang leader of Tokers Town, is feeling the pressure from his Barrio to go to war with their rival gang 14th St. But while Duke was in jail he made a peace treaty with the leader of 14th St. only to discover they had broken it. Now with his homies getting shot and his mothers pleas to stop the violence he is at the breaking point.

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Reviews

RipDelight
1979/07/13

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

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CrawlerChunky
1979/07/14

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Mathilde the Guild
1979/07/15

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Kimball
1979/07/16

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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