Hangup

Hangup, also called Hang Up and later released under the name Super Dude, is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey. This was the last film directed by Hathaway.

This article is about the 1974 film. For other uses, see Hang up.
Hangup
aka Super Dude
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Written byLee Lazich
Albert Maltz
Based onThe Face of Night
by Bernard Brunner
Starring
CinematographyRobert B. Hauser
Edited byChris Kaeselau
Music byTony Camillo
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • October 1, 1974 (1974-10-01)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film falls in the blaxploitation subgenre of "vigilante group cleans up ghetto streets". The film follows a black policeman seeking revenge on the man who got his girlfriend addicted to heroin. The film was distributed by American International Pictures, one of the many films it targeted to the new youth market. Josiah Howard states that the marketing "almost makes it look like a spoof of the genre." Howard described the film as "low budget and flashy, but fast-moving and consistently entertaining." Leonard Maltin wrote "Hathaway has done many fine films, but this, his last, isn't one."

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