Dynamite Brothers, also known by its alternate title East Meets Watts, is a 1974

1974 in film

The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...

 martial arts

Martial arts film

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

 and blaxploitation

Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...

 film.

It was filmed on location in Watts

Watts, Los Angeles, California

Watts is a mostly residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California.-History:The area now known as Watts is located on the Rancho La Tajauta Mexican land grant...

, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, and San Francisco. It starred football-hero-turned-actor Timothy Brown

Timothy Brown (actor)

Thomas Allen Brown is a former professional American football player and actor.-Early life:Brown was born in Knightstown, Indiana...

, who was also known for his role as Spearchucker Jones in the TV series M*A*S*H, and Hong Kong star actor and martial artist Alan Tang

Alan Tang

Alan Tang Kwong-Wing was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.-Biography:Tang was born in Shunde, Guangdong, China, He is the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older sister...

. It also starred Aldo Ray

Aldo Ray

Aldo Ray was an American actor.-Life and career:Ray was born in Pen Argyl, PA, to an Italian family of five brothers and one sister. His brother Mario lettered in football at USC in the years 1952-54...

 as a crooked cop and James Hong

James Hong

James Hong is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists . A prolific acting veteran, Hong's career spans over 50 years and includes more than 350 roles in film, television, and video games.-Early life:Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His...

 in a villainous role. It is a combination of the Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...

 and Martial Arts Film

Martial arts film

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

 genres.

Current and future stars like Tony Liu

Tony Liu

Tony Liu Yung is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He often appeared in martial arts films. He debuted in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and later appeared in Lee's next three films.-Early life:...

, Biff Yeager

Biff Yeager

Biff Yeager is an American actor. He has appeared in many TV series including Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Wonder Years, Scrubs, Seinfeld and Gilmore Girls. His film credits include Repo Man, Prime Risk, Black Samurai, The Visitors, White Oleander, Best Men, and Paris.-External links:...

, Phillip Ko, Billy Chan, Mars

Mars (actor)

Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:...

 and Susan McIver of the The Golddiggers

The Golddiggers

The Golddiggers were a singing and dancing troupe of young women that at different times over their initial 24-year history consisted of as few as four and as many as thirteen members appearing on stage at one time. They performed in the style of Las Vegas showgirls, and were chosen for their...

 fame pop up at various stages in the film.

Plot

Stud Brown played by Timothy Brown teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert Larry Chin played by Alan Tang to fight a drug ring.
Larry Chin is in the U.S. trying to find his older brother but not before he is captured as an illegan alien by a crooked cop "Burke" played by Aldo Ray. Larry Chin is handcuffed to Stud Brown who was in custody and the two of them escape and end up in Watts.

The film was also released in some countries with various titles such as Stud Brown, Killing Of A Chinese Bookie etc.

Cast

• Timothy Brown
  Timothy Brown (actor)
  Thomas Allen Brown is a former professional American football player and actor.-Early life:Brown was born in Knightstown, Indiana...
  
  
• Alan Tang
  Alan Tang
  Alan Tang Kwong-Wing was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.-Biography:Tang was born in Shunde, Guangdong, China, He is the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older sister...
  
  
• Aldo Ray
  Aldo Ray
  Aldo Ray was an American actor.-Life and career:Ray was born in Pen Argyl, PA, to an Italian family of five brothers and one sister. His brother Mario lettered in football at USC in the years 1952-54...
  
  
• James Hong
  James Hong
  James Hong is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists . A prolific acting veteran, Hong's career spans over 50 years and includes more than 350 roles in film, television, and video games.-Early life:Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His...
  
  
• Don Oliver
  Don Oliver
  Donald "Don" Carthew Oliver, OBE was a former weightlifter for New Zealand.He won the gold medal at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the men's 110 kg division...
  
  
• Carol Speed
  Carol Speed
  Carol Speed is an African-American actress best known for her roles in blaxploitation films of the 1970s . She has appeared in 16 films since 1970...
  
  
• Claire Nono
• Chan Lung
• Richard Lee-Sung
• Lam Ching-ying
• Margo Hope
• Mars
  Mars (actor)
  Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:...
  
  

Video release

The film was released on DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 by BCI Eclipse on March 12, 2002. BCI was later shut down by its parent company, Navarre Corporation

Navarre Corporation

Navarre Corp. is a public distribution and publishing company founded in 1983 by Eric H. Paulson. The company is headquartered in New Hope, Minnesota...

, and the DVD was discontinued.

Dynamite Brothers was featured on Cinematic Titanic

Cinematic Titanic

Cinematic Titanic is a project by Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator and original host, Joel Hodgson.The project involves "riffing" B-movies, in a manner similar to that of MST3K....

's live tour as East Meets Watts, and video from the tour was released on DVD on December 16, 2009.

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