Code Red has revealed that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of Phillip Fenty's thriller
The Baron (1977), starring Calvin Lockhart, Vicki Baltimore, Joan Blondell, Beverly Johnson, Marlene Clark, Richard Lynch, and Leonard Jackson. The release, which will be distributed by Kino Lorber, is expected to arrive on the market early next year.
Synopsis: Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue. Cinematography by Alan Metzger (TV's
Kojak: The Price of Justice,
The Equalizer).