Percy & Thunder

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Percy & Thunder
GenreDrama
Written by Art Washington
Directed by Ivan Dixon
Starring James Earl Jones
Courtney B. Vance
Billy Dee Williams
Robert Wuhl
Music by Tom Scott
Grover Washington Jr.
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Michael Brandman
ProducersLeanne Moore
Steven J. Brandman (co-producer)
Cinematography Héctor R. Figueroa
Editor Diane Adler
Production companies Turner Pictures
Amblin Television
Writers Cinema
Original release
Network TNT
ReleaseSeptember 7, 1993 (1993-09-07)

Percy & Thunder is a 1993 television film directed by Ivan Dixon. [1] It premiered on TNT on September 7, 1993. [2]

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Plot

Percy (James Earl Jones) and Thunder (Courtney B. Vance) have been with themselves around the past so they are finding it. Percy and Thunder meets with Leatherhead (Mick E. Jones) a corrupt boss and VFW Refree (Ron Shipp) are having a fight against Percy and Thunder to commit it. Percy takes Thunder and Leatherhead and VFW Refree to let Percy know he has to track down an Assassin and then Percy finds the assassins outside and then fights and kills them and tells Leatherhead assignment is done. Percy and Thunder tells Leatherhead and VFW Refree to see them later. Percy goes to find Promoter (Mike Finneran) to know he is bored and then knows the answers and then can use it anytime. Percy and Promoter take a road trip down the road and then they view what's on the road. Percy and Promoter find the helicopter and then all the targets arrive and then Percy knocks out all the targets and then returns to Promoter. Percy tells Promoter that it's good to spend time with itself to know when it's time for it.

Cast

Reception

TV Guide said of the film, "Boasting a well-constructed screenplay, the sometimes declamatory PERCY AND THUNDER is gripping despite an occasional cliched interlude." [3]

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References

  1. Everett, Todd. "Tnt Screenworks Percy & Thunder". Variety. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. TV Guide. September 4, 1993. p. 142.
  3. "Percy And Thunder". TV Guide. Retrieved 11 September 2020.