Charles B. Pierce

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Charles B. Pierce

Born June 16, 1938 · Hammond, Indiana, U.S.

Died March 5, 2010 · aged 71

Charles Bryant Pierce (June 16, 1938 – March 5, 2010) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, set decorator, cinematographer and actor, and is considered one of the first independent filmmakers. Pierce directed thirteen films over the span of 26 years, but is best known for his cult hits The Legend of Boggy Creek (1973) and The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976). Pierce was born in H…

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Sudden ImpactSudden Impact · 1983
Sudden Impact
★ 6.51983
MovieThrillerCrime
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
The Town that Dreaded SundownThe Town that Dreaded Sundown · 2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
★ 5.92014
MovieThrillerHorror
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Foxy BrownFoxy Brown · 1974
Foxy Brown
★ 6.31974
MovieActionCrime
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
CoffyCoffy · 1973
Coffy
★ 6.61973
MovieCrimeThriller
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
The Town That Dreaded SundownThe Town That Dreaded Sundown · 1976
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
★ 5.81976
MovieHorrorMystery
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.
Hawken's BreedHawken's Breed · 1987
Hawken's Breed
★ 4.01987
MovieAdventureWestern
Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and old friend named Jeb Kline, Hawken later meets Spirit again whom runs away from a local fur trader named Tackett, whom she is sold to. Soon, Hawken is up against Tackett and a posse of hired killers, as well as a greedy and racist land owner, named Hickman, who's long abused son Noel whom narrates the entire story, comes to his and Spirit's aid to help them survive.
GrayeagleGrayeagle · 1977
Grayeagle
★ 5.91977
MovieActionWestern
A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for his daughter Beth, aided by a friendly native...
The Winds of AutumnThe Winds of Autumn · 1976
The Winds of Autumn
★ 6.01976
MovieWestern
In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.

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