A blaxploitation effort from 1974. Rockne Tarkington stars as Samson a bar owner of some repute (the good kind) who runs a thriving business, has a good woman by his side, played by the recently departed (last week) Carol Speed & a hero to the neighborhood. When the mob comes a-calling to usurp his gig, he naturally refuses but the main enforcer, played by another recently departed (last year) William Smith, will not take 'no' for an answer so the film's main thrust becomes the efforts of the mob & Tarkington playing spy vs. Spy as they try to convince each other (most times violently!) to see things their way. Never having heard of this flick except for seeing the poster on Korey Coleman's wall (from his Double Toasted podcasts) it was pretty much on autopilot w/minor embellishments like Tarkington's predilection for carrying around a staff to put a whoop down on people (much like Walking Tall's Buford T. Pusser's hunk of 2 by 4) & his pet lion (shades of The Walking Dead's Ezekiel & his tiger) which humorously no one bats an eye to. Also starring Titos Vandis (he played Jason Miller's uncle in the Exorcist) as the mob capo.