Gordon's War
β 6.8 Β· 1973 Β· 90m Β· Adventure Β· Action Β· Crime
A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriated, he gathers three of his ex-GI buddies and they lay out plans to fight the drug dealers.
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