MR. NO LEGS
(aka GUN FIGHTER) (aka KILLERS DIE HARD)
dir. Ricou Browning, 1978
Tampa. 90 min.
In English.

MONDAY, AUGUST 7 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 – 10 PM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 – 5 PM

“Don’t Double Cross Him or He’ll Cut You Down To Size!”

Spectacle first showed MR. NO LEGS in the summer of 2013, to great acclaim. Here’s how that original synopsis went:

Set in the ugliest Tampa imaginable, MR. NO LEGS follows two self-righteous police detectives (one with the obligatory porn-stache) tracking dope dealers and corrupt fellow cops, while trying to stay out of the clutches of an unstoppable mob enforcer. Enter Mr. No Legs: a martial arts master with many a violent trick hidden up his sleeves—and wheelchair, including shotguns, switchblades and ninja stars!

Meanwhile, racists start a rumble in a bar involving midgets and drag queens, whores get into broken bottle fights, and everyone double-crosses everyone else. Mayhem galore! Featuring a shameless cast of B- and C-listers, including Richard Jaeckel, Lloyd Bochner, John Agar, Rance (Ron’s dad!) Howard, and real-life double amputee Ted Vollrath as the snarling titular hero, MR. NO LEGS is a convoluted, ultraviolent, mean-spirited B-movie actioner that’ll leave you crawling on the ground.

“Nasty and hateful, MR. NO LEGS is of comparable regional interest to Browning’s family-friendlier fare because its drug runners operate out of the Ybor City suburb of Tampa, smuggling heroin via the state’s signature ‘Cuban’ cigars, culminating in a brain-flattening freeway car chase (a la Dukes of Hazzard) that lasts almost fifteen minutes.”
—Daryl J. Williams, The Baffler