Contents.Synopsis Jesse Crowder plays by his own rules and will do anything he can within his power to complete his mission, all that he needs to ensure that he does this is some cold hard cash. Besides a thirst for money Crowder also has a thirst for women. He is a ladies’ man as some would say, and is also a stereotypically strong African American man. Crowder is a strong black man, and makes sure that everyone around him knows this. This aspect of the movie may represent a sort of ironic situation in that Crowder boasts about his strength and physical prowess with the women, which are animal-like characteristics, yet also demands to be seen as more than just what the white man has made him out to be. Crowder is a real pro with a gun and his fists and because of this he gets hired by the wife and brother of fugitive Woolf who is on the run because he had just robbed a bank. Woolf uses this money to embezzle it, where from Crowder decides to take the case and follows the fugitive from Los Angeles, California to San Francisco, California.
Woolf is on the run with his girlfriend, Candy, played. On his pursuit for Woolf Crowder often encounters many women whom he has sexual relations with shortly after meeting them. His slick lines and tough guy attitude sweeps the ladies right off their feet so that at the end of all of these sexual encounters the women are often seen begging for more sex. This stereotype was a common characteristic to use in African American films. Crowder pursues his targets following small clues while causing a whole mess of trouble with a gangster named Bernie (played by ).
Bernie is Candy's pimp and also the leader of a gang. When Bernie learns that Crowder is looking for one of his employees he makes sure that Crowder is taken care of. He sends numerous thugs in Crowder's direction but nonetheless Crowder manages to successfully capture Mrs. Pickens’ husband after fighting off a couple of Bernie's thugs but has yet to capture the girlfriend. Crowder's previous cop experience provided a helpful basis from which he was able to eventually pick up on her trail after having gotten himself into more trouble with Candy's pimp and his gang.
The movie has a final showdown which takes place in the desert in a blind haze of gunfire. Also guest stars in this film as himself. Catch phrases Catchphrases heard in the movie include “ Never trust a woman with her clothes off!” and “You pay the bill.
I’ll deliver it, legal, illegal, moral or otherwise!” Cast. Jesse Crowder. – Pickens. – Candy. – Mildred, Mrs. Pickens.
Bernie. Pickens' Brother. Crowder's Secretary. Don CorneliusCrew.
Director, Producer, Screenwriter. Producer. Editor. Sound/Sound Designer.
– CinematographerDistribution – The film was primarily targeted at African-Americans in suburban areas across the United States of America and to those primarily situated in western and eastern suburban areas.Historical significance This film is part of a larger genre known as which emerged in the early 1970s in the time when many black exploitation films were being made specifically to target black audiences. No Way Back emerged as one of these films in 1976 and was set on the West Coast, which typically as many other films like it took place in the ghetto.
This was a common characteristic of films which accentuated crime, drug deals, and pimps. Another important aspect of this particular movie is the pun with the name Jesse Crowder which plays on, an important and controversial aspect of earlier African American life. Only a little over a decade before the film was made it had actually been legal to segregate black and whites in public institutions as well as in other places in society (this play on words is prevalent in films) These laws eventually led to one of the greatest court decisions in this country's history known as in which the held that separate but equal learning facilities was unconstitutional and therefore overturned the previous court decision of.Aside from the main characters name the other characters names also have a great deal of importance. The fugitive for example possesses a strong white American name, Henry, yet in this movie the man with the white name is portrayed as the bad guy, and the source of all the corruption and greed in the world. His surname is coincidentally Pickens, which could be associated with the hard labor that slaves had to do before ’s time.
It also brings to mind all of the hardships which were faced during the time of slavery, as well as the slightly improving segregation period of American History. The film also works on a secondary level, which is in the subjugation of women. This element is evident in the film when Crowder has sexual relations with some women throughout the movie.
These women are often left begging for more sex which was the foundation of many films. This of course leads to anti-women sentiments as one of the movie’s catchphrases is “Never Trust a Woman with Her Clothes Off!” Another of this films quotes is “You pay the bill.
I’ll deliver it, legal, illegal, moral or otherwise!” This is symbolic of the economic situations which had been crippling the culture of the United States. This was in part because major companies were committing crimes, were employing policies of segregation, and were able to get away with it because of their favorable financial situations.
This powerful quote also demonstrates the ideology of the time and the stereotypes with which white American's described African Americans. Apart from being seen as inferior, African-Americans (as well as many other minorities) were seen as utter savages and because of this most Americans believed that they lacked the inability to distinguish between things that would be considered legal or illegal. One film that accentuates this barbarian belief is ’s.An important event in this film which occurs fairly on in the films runtime is when Mr. Pickens robbed the bank and flees with the stolen money. He then chooses to embezzle that money which he had just stolen, which logically makes no sense at all, but if this event is thought of symbolically it could represent the ideals and thoughts of the culture of that time, which held that whites were notoriously corrupt individuals.
It could also be thought of as an allusion to American companies which were committing countless numbers of crimes upon crimes, from not providing adequate working conditions to racism in the workplace to lynching and countless other immoral and unethical crimes.Jesse Crowder character The Jesse Crowder character would be used in four or five films featuring Williamson. He first appeared in then returned in No Way Back. He would be used again in the directed, which was released in 1976.
He was finally used in which was released in 1983.According to The Hammer: an American Hero by Harold D. Edmunds, Williamson actually knew a guy in high school called Jesse Crowder. Crowder was a tough no-nonsense guy that nobody messed with.
After the name was used in Williamson's films, Crowder took legal action against Williamson. The case went to court and Williamson's lawyer placed some phone books on the table and asked him which Crowder he was. Crowder realized he didn't have anywhere to go with this. In the end Williamson decided to cease using the Crowder character.
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