A great Marvin Gaye score highlights this formulaic 1972 drama starring Robert Hooks, co-founder of the prestigious Negro Ensemble Company acting group. Produced by Joel D. Freeman (who also made Shaft), it features Hooks as Mr. T., a sharp-dressing, tough-talking detective who is known as the inner-city Robin Hood. The story focuses on how Mr. T. gets caught up in and escapes from a feud between rival gangsters, played by Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, and Julius Harris. Veteran television actor Ivan Dixon directed. Paula Kelly, William Smithers, and Bill Henderson are also featured.-Doris Worsham