A young conservative black man, minding his own business, rides a nearly empty subway car. The only other passenger, a blonde vixen looking for trouble, sizes him up. Sexual tension, racial bigotry and righteous fury collide in a razor's edge confrontation between this unlikely pair.
Acting
Shirley Knight's unhinged provocateur is genuinely terrifying.
Writing
Amiri Baraka's dialogue cuts like broken glass.
Director
Anthony Harvey
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