The Guy from Harlem
He's Clean ... Mean ... A Fighting Machine!
1977 · 1h 26m · R
Action
Directed by
Rene Martinez Jr.
Overview
Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all his sharp street smarts and fierce fighting skills to find another woman who's been abducted by the evil Big Daddy.
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