TNT Jackson

1975 American blaxploitation film directed by Cirio H. Santiago

Ken Metcalfe
Dick Miller
Leonard Hermes

Produced byCirio SantiagoStarring

Jeanne Bell
Chiquito

CinematographyPhilip SacdalanEdited by

Barbara Progress
Gervasio Santos

Music byTito Sotto

Production
companies

Premiere Productions, Inc.
HPS Films

Distributed byNew World Pictures

Release dates

June 8, 1974 (1974-06-08) (Philippines)
July 7, 1975 (1975-07-07) (United States)

Running time

68 minutes (UK)
72 minutes (US)

Countries

United States
Philippines

Languages

English
Filipino
Tagalog

Box officeUS$1.3 million^[1]^[2]

TNT Jackson, released in the Philippines as Dynamite Wong and T.N.T. Jackson, is a 1974 American blaxploitation film produced and directed by Cirio H. Santiago.^[3] The script was originally written by actor Dick Miller, but Roger Corman had it rewritten.^[1]

Plot

The film is about Diana Jackson (aka TNT), who learns her brother is missing. She suspects a powerful gangster and his friends are behind the disappearance. Determined to get at the truth, she goes to Hong Kong, and along with a friend named Joe, wages war on the criminal gang she's out to nail.

Cast

Jeanne Bell as Diana "TNT" Jackson
Chiquito as "Dynamite" Wong
Stan Shaw as Charlie
Max Alvarado
Pat Anderson as Elaine
Ken Metcalfe as Sid
Imelda Ilanan as Joe's Assistant
Leo Martinez
Percy Gordon
Chris Cruz
Joonee Gamboa as Drug Dealer
Jose Mari Avellana as Ming (uncredited)
Shirley Washington as (uncredited)

References

^ ^a ^b Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 74-75
^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 297. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^ "Roger Corman's Cult Classic's Lethal Ladies Collection : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". dvdtalk.com. Retrieved January 17, 2014.