The Limit
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto
Quinn Redeker
Virgil Frye
Corinne Cole
Ted Cassidy
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan. One afternoon, Mark has a run-in with a gang known as The Virgins, whose leader, Big Donnie, is taken aback by the policeman's understanding, dignified demeanor despite the gang's constant derision. When Mark advises Donnie not to continue to allow his heavily pregnant girl friend, Judy, to ride a motorbike, the gang leader agrees. Later, after Donnie actively seeks Mark out for advice, the Virgins' second-in-command, Kenny, reacts with outrage. In retaliation he tracks Mark down, but not finding the policeman at home, angrily beats up Mark's girl friend Margret instead. Kenny then goes to Donnie's house and after convincing Judy to ride with him, purposely causes an accident, hoping to injure her. After learning of the attack on Margret, Mark searches for Kenny and the two men confront each other after a wild cycle chase. Although Kenny succeeds in slashing Mark's throat, the policeman overpowers the biker and takes him into custody before being rushed to a hospital where doctors save his life, allowing him to return to patrolling the streets.
Director
Yaphet Kotto
Cast
Yaphet Kotto
Quinn Redeker
Virgil Frye
Corinne Cole
Ted Cassidy
Pamela Jones
Gary Littlejohn
Irene Forrest
Nancy Ashe
John Bellah
Frank Belt
Ed Cambridge
Vic Canupe
Bobby Clark
Richard Kennedy
Douglas Forward
Richard Hale
Stuart Herschman
Joyce Hutton
Peaches Jones
Natascha Kotto
Fred Krone
Jack Perkins
Frank Roh
Buddy Pantsary
John Roh
Diane Regis
Nina Tresoff
Crew
Johnny William Bristol
Nancy Brown
Sean Cameron
Fenton Hamilton
Jim Hansen
Gloria R. Jones
Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto
Gary Littlejohn
Troy Melton
Jack Reed
Frank Roh
Pamela Joan Sawyer
Norman Schwartz
Kelly White
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this unviewed film was Speed Limit 65. The Limit marked the only producing, writing and directing credit for star Yaphet Kotto. The Box Office review noted that Kotto was heavily involved with production company New Era Communications, which it described as an "organization formed to help minority workers in the entertainment field." The Limit was the company's only production. According to Filmfacts, The Limit was shot in and around Los Angeles. Hollywood Reporter production charts add Gus Peters, Robert Rockwell and Son Hooker to the cast. Modern sources add David Louis Hirschman, Shayle Israel Hirschman, Susan Andrea Hirschman and Dirty Denny to the cast.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1972
Released in United States 1972
