WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Brother On the Run (1973)

Directed and written by Edward J. Lakso and Herbert L. Strock, Brother On the Run has Billy (Kyle Johnson) and Frank (Gary Rist) on the run — one is black, the other is white — and they hide out after a job gone wrong with Billy’s sister Maud (Gwenn Mitchell), who lives next to Professor Grant (Terry Carter). The title comes from, of course, these brothers on the run despite the teacher trying to help them. He also has sex with two women before he gets to that help.

Lasko wrote The Power WithinBack to the Planet of the ApesMr. Tease and His Playthings and tons of TV, while Strock directed MonstroidThe Crawling HandThe Devil’s MessengerI Was a Teenage FrankensteinHow to Make a MonsterBlood of Dracula and, yes, so much TV.

What they made here is about as good as you’d imagine, as two middle-aged white guys try their hands at blacksploitation.

You can watch this on YouTube.