Good Guys Wear Black

Good Guys Wear Black is a 1978 American action thriller film directed by Ted Post, and starring Chuck Norris. This was the second film to feature Norris as the star, following Breaker! Breaker! (1977). However, this is the one that Norris considered his "breakthrough". The film co-stars Anne Archer, Lloyd Haynes, Dana Andrews, Jim Backus and James Franciscus. Following years of kung fu film imports from Hong Kong action cinema during the 1970s, most notably Bruce Lee films followed by Bruceploitation flicks, Good Guys Wear Black launched Chuck Norris as the first successful homegrown American martial arts star, having previously been best known for his film debut as a villain in Bruce Lee's Way of the Dragon (1972). Good Guys Wear Black distinguished itself from earlier