Writing

Charles Eric Johnson

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

The George McKenna Story poster
6.3

Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values. Based on a true story.

The George McKenna Story

1988

That Man Bolt poster
5.2

Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 million to Mexico City from Hong Kong with a stop in Los Angeles. When Bolt discovers the cash is dirty mob money and his gal has been killed, he heads back to the Far East to get even.

That Man Bolt

1973

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off poster
4.8

Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973

Steele's Law poster
4.0

Steele, a plainclothes Chicago cop, is recruited by the FBI to foil an assassination plot in Dallas, Texas. It seems that Joe Keno, a former nemesis of Steele, is planning to assassinate the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. Keno is funded by several prominent Texas businessmen. Steele travels to Dallas, where he makes friends with Barnes; Steele is contacted by a Dallas-based FBI agent who sets him up with his contact, "Peacekeeper." Joe Keno has abandoned previous ways and methods; the assassin is now also a serial killer. While Keno's victims are found in abandoned warehouses and parks, Steele encounters numerous obstacles. The Chicago cop encounters friendly Texas racists, is ambushed in a redneck saloon, and battles the incompetence and petty jealousy of Dallas police. Meanwhile Steele tries to stop Keno before the Iraqi ambassador becomes his next victim.

Steele's Law

1991

Beyond Atlantis poster
3.9

A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure.

Beyond Atlantis

1973

Hammer poster
5.4

Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.

Hammer

1972

Behind the camera

The George McKenna Story poster
6.3

Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values. Based on a true story.

The George McKenna Story

1988

That Man Bolt poster
5.2

Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 million to Mexico City from Hong Kong with a stop in Los Angeles. When Bolt discovers the cash is dirty mob money and his gal has been killed, he heads back to the Far East to get even.

That Man Bolt

1973

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off poster
4.8

Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973

Steele's Law poster
4.0

Steele, a plainclothes Chicago cop, is recruited by the FBI to foil an assassination plot in Dallas, Texas. It seems that Joe Keno, a former nemesis of Steele, is planning to assassinate the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. Keno is funded by several prominent Texas businessmen. Steele travels to Dallas, where he makes friends with Barnes; Steele is contacted by a Dallas-based FBI agent who sets him up with his contact, "Peacekeeper." Joe Keno has abandoned previous ways and methods; the assassin is now also a serial killer. While Keno's victims are found in abandoned warehouses and parks, Steele encounters numerous obstacles. The Chicago cop encounters friendly Texas racists, is ambushed in a redneck saloon, and battles the incompetence and petty jealousy of Dallas police. Meanwhile Steele tries to stop Keno before the Iraqi ambassador becomes his next victim.

Steele's Law

1991

Beyond Atlantis poster
3.9

A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure.

Beyond Atlantis

1973

Hammer poster
5.4

Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.

Hammer

1972

The Monkey Hustle poster
5.9

A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.

The Monkey Hustle

1976

Jimmy B. & Andre poster
7.5

Real-life story detailing the relationship between a popular Detroit restaurant owner and a young black youngster whom he tries to adopt.

Jimmy B. & Andre

1980

Three Days to a Kill poster
4.0

An army colonel enlists a mercenary to rescue a kidnapped ambassador from a Colombian drug lord within a three-day deadline.

Three Days to a Kill

1992

Mean Mother poster
3.4

Two Vietnam deserters go their separate ways, become criminals and are eventually reunited.

Mean Mother

1974

Booker poster
8.0

Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to read and write. After the Civil War frees him, Booker is forced to work long hours in a salt furnace to help his family survive. But with hard work and persistence, Booker finds a way to learn and gain the freedom that comes with education.

Booker

1984