Cleopatra Jones

1973

1h 29m

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Thriller

After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

Directors

Jack Starrett

Writers

Max Julien(story by)

Sheldon Keller(screenplay by)

Max Julien(screenplay by)

Stars

Tamara Dobson

Bernie Casey

Shelley Winters

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Cleopatra Jones

Reuben

Mommy

Tiffany

Doodlebug

Crawford

Purdy

Sgt. Kert

Andy

Matthew

Melvin

Mrs. Johnson

Maxwell Woodman

Jimmy Beeker

Art

Annie

Bruce

Henry

Directors

Jack Starrett

Writers

Max Julien(story by)

Sheldon Keller(screenplay by)

Max Julien(screenplay by)

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Needless to say, my favourite Quentin Tarantino film is 'Jackie Brown'. I enjoyed the action, and Tamara Dobson was gorgeous (I can't believe she was 6'2"! Wow!). I wish she had done more movies, and hadn't died so young (at age 59, of pneumonia and multiple sclerosis). Though director Starrett (who died even younger, of kidney failure) mainly did TV work, I loved his 'Race with the Devil', which was from around this time. He was very good at these kind of films, at both presenting action set-pieces and building suspense. I would like to see ALL of these 'urban action' films. Though from my movie-watching experience, I find that I tend to prefer films from before 1970, these films from the 70's are great too, and are a lot more enjoyable to me than most films I see today. I sincerely hope that, like in 'Cleopatra Jones', the filmmakers of today could concentrate on actors' presence and stunts, rather than simply go with CGI. I for one would be a lot happier as a cinephile.

talisencrw16 Apr, 2016