FeaturePG1973·89m·5.7

Cleopatra Jones

6 feet 2" and all of it Dynamite!

ActionCrimeThriller

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

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Cast

Tamara Dobson

Cleopatra Jones

Bernie Casey

Reuben

Shelley Winters

Mommy

Brenda Sykes

Tiffany

Antonio Fargas

Doodlebug

Dan Frazer

Crawford

Bill McKinney

Purdy

Stafford Morgan

Sgt. Kert

Michael Warren

Andy

Albert Popwell

Matthew

Caro Kenyatta

Melvin

Esther Rolle

Mrs. Johnson

Keith Hamilton

Maxwell Woodman

Jay Montgomery

Jimmy Beeker

Arnold Dover

Art

Angela Elayne Gibbs

Annie

John Alderman

Bruce

Eugene Jackson

Henry

Lee Weaver

Friend

George Reynolds

Fireplug

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
PG
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Warner Bros. PicturesWilliam Tennant Productions

Crew

Director

Jack Starrett

Writers

Max Julien, Sheldon Keller, Max Julien

Allan Jacobs

Editor

David M. Walsh

Director of Photography

Giorgio di Sant'Angelo

Costume Design

J.J. Johnson

Original Music Composer

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Reviews

talisencrw

4/16/2016

7.0

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.

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