Hot Potato (also known as Twist the Tiger's Tail) is a 1976 American action film written and directed by Oscar Williams.

The film was a Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller production starring Jim Kelly, who also arranged his own fight scenes.

It provides a bridge from what is commonly known as blaxploitation film to the kung fu genre made popular by Bruce Lee.

[2] Hot Potato and films like it entertained the same audience as the popular black films of the early seventies i.e. Super Fly, Shaft, and Black Caesar which were opposed by the activist organizations NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality).

The villain Carter Rangoon (Sam Hiona) orchestrated the kidnapping of a U.S. senator's daughter a Ms. June Dunbar (Judith Brown).

Johnny Chicago (Geoffrey Binney), whose primary motivation in life was money, was the first the mercenaries introduced in the film.

The duo of Jones and Chicago were joined by Pamala (Irene Tsu), a Chang Lan operative who was to act as the group's interpreter and guide.

He also arranged for a prostitute named Leslie (also played by Judith Brown) to pose as the senator's daughter for the rescue party to free her.