Directing
Arthur Marks
Born August 2, 1927 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died November 13, 2019 · aged 92
Arthur Ronald Marks (August 2, 1927 – November 13, 2019) was an American film and television director, writer, producer and distributor best known for his work in the blaxploitation genre, directing films such as Bonnie's Kids, Detroit 9000, Friday Foster, Bucktown, The Monkey Hu$tle and J. D.'s Revenge. He also directed and produced numerous episodes of the American legal drama Perry Mason, as we…
Known For
Friday Foster · 1975Friday Foster
★ 6.11975
MovieActionThriller
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
Putney Swope · 1969Putney Swope
★ 6.31969
MovieComedy
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.
The Centerfold Girls · 1974The Centerfold Girls
★ 5.41974
MovieDramaThriller
Police try to halt a psychotic killer's rampage against women who posed nude in men's magazines.
J.D.'s Revenge · 1976J.D.'s Revenge
★ 5.91976
MovieHorrorThriller
After notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is murdered in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who had him killed.
Linda Lovelace for President · 1975Linda Lovelace for President
★ 4.11975
MovieComedy
An intentionally campy film designed to capitalize on Linda Lovelace's sudden fame following "Deep Throat", this film centers around Linda's fictional grass roots campaign to run for president. Touring the country with a rag-tag team of strange and wacky people, hilarity supposedly ensues at every stop.
Detroit 9000 · 1973Detroit 9000
★ 5.51973
MovieActionCrime
After a fundraiser for a Black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one Black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
A Woman for All Men · 1975A Woman for All Men
★ 4.91975
MovieDramaThriller
Irascible and domineering millionaire Walter McCoy marries the beautiful, but shady and duplicitous Karen Petrie. Walter's son Steve automatically becomes smitten with Karen while both Walter's daughter Cynthia and loyal housekeeper Sarah suspect that something is up. This provokes a tangled web of deception, infidelity, and even murder.
The Roommates · 1973The Roommates
★ 4.91973
MovieThrillerCrime
Looking to spend a swinging summer at Lake Arrowhead, Carla, Beth, Brea, Heather, and Heather's cousin Paula head to the picturesque hills for a little R&R... but a pall soon casts over the girls' sunny vacation when a mysterious murderer begins picking off the lake's bevy of beauties. Can the killer be stopped before the coeds' summer fun ends in blood-spattered chaos?















