Showdown L.A. (Napoleon's World)

Showdown L.A. (alternatively titled as Showdown: LA or as Showdown Los Angeles in overseas markets) is a 1975 American dark comedy film meant to satirize the exploitation, specifically blaxploitation, genres prevalent at the time. The film starred Jack Germaine as the alcoholic, gritty and tough-as-nails Narcotics Lieutenant Jack "Toots" Markane, and also starred B-movie kung-fu star Kim Jong as the high-strung, over-caffeinated and hotheaded Constable Johnnie Lee and then-unknown Jeff Bright as clumsily naive rookie cop Billy Nelson. The three radically different cops are thrown together onto a gang taskforce in 1969 Los Angeles to prevent a potentially race-riot inspiring showdown between a black gang and a Latino gang over a failed drug shipment.

The film, while a modest commercial success, was a critical success, gained a cult following in later years and is now known as a cult classic. Jong's performance as Lee earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, however, and is regarded as one of Hollywood's classic "manic" performances.