That Man Bolt is a 1973 action film directed by David Lowell Rich

David Lowell Rich

David Lowell Rich is an American film director and producer. He has directed nearly 100 films and TV episodes between 1950 and 1987...

 and Henry Levin

Henry Levin

Henry Levin began as a stage actor and director but was most notable as an American film director of over fifty feature films. He broke into film in 1943 as a dialogue director for the films Dangerous Blondes and Appointment in Berlin for Columbia Pictures...

. It stars Fred Williamson

Fred Williamson

Fred "The Hammer" Williamson is an American actor, architect, and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s.-Football career:...

 in the title role of a courier

Courier

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 and Byron Webster

Byron Webster

Byron Clark Webster is an English footballer who plays for Northampton Town as a defender.-Career:Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Webster made his debut for York City against Burton Albion in the Conference National on 29 December 2004. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against...

. The film combined several genres of blaxploitation

Blaxploitation

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, the martial arts film

Martial arts film

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 and James Bond

James Bond

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 superspy films (with some postures featuring the tagline

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 "He's Bonded"). It was filmed in Hong Kong, Macau and the USA and featured several martial arts experts in action: Mike Stone, World Professional Light Heavyweight Karate Champion, Kenji Kazama

Kenji Kazama

Kenji Kazama is a martial artist and actor of Japanese origin. He played the henchman Spider who fought Fred Williamson in the 1973 action film That Man Bolt and he played Yokohama a mean and brutal Japanese official who fought Jhoon Rhee in the 1973 martial arts classic When Taekwondo Strikes...

 Japan Kick-boxing Champion, Emil Farkas, European Black Belt Karate Champion, and David Chow, Former California State Judo Champion. It was titled Operation Hong Kong outside the United States. Peter Crowcroft wrote the novelization of the screenplay.

Cast

• Fred Williamson
  Fred Williamson
  Fred "The Hammer" Williamson is an American actor, architect, and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s.-Football career:...
  
   as Jefferson Bolt
• Byron Webster
  Byron Webster
  Byron Clark Webster is an English footballer who plays for Northampton Town as a defender.-Career:Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Webster made his debut for York City against Burton Albion in the Conference National on 29 December 2004. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against...
  
   as Griffiths
• Miko Mayama as Dominique Kuan
• Teresa Graves
  Teresa Graves
  Teresa Graves was an American actress and singer. As the star of Get Christie Love!, Graves is credited as being the first African American woman to star in her own hour long drama television series....
  
   as Samantha Nightingale
• Masatoshi Nakamura as Kumada
• John Orchard
  John Orchard
  John Orchard was an English actor. He is probably best remembered for playing anaesthetist "Ugly John" Black in the earlier episodes of M*A*S*H.-Career:...
  
   as Carter
• Jack Ging
  Jack Ging
  Jack Lee Ging is an American actor best known for his role as General Harlan 'Bull' Fullbright in the NBC television series The A-Team.-Early life:...
  
   as Connie Mellis
• Ken Kazama as Spider
• Vassili Lambrinos as Raoul De Vargas
• Paul Mantee
  Paul Mantee
  Paul Mantee is an American film and television actor.Mantee was born Paul Marianetti in San Francisco, California...
  
  as Mickey

External links

• That Man Bolt Review of the film & DVD at Vista Records
• NY Times Review http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E03E3DE153DE73ABC4C51DFB4678388669EDE