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CLEOPATRA JONES
U.S., 1973
Directed by Jack Starrett
With Tamara Dobson, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters
Approx. 89 min. 35mm.
“She’s 6 feet 2 inches of Dynamite!” Long-legged, kung fu-kicking temptress Tamara Dobson is Special Agent Cleo Jones, out to rid the ghetto of dope-dealing queenpin “Mommy” (Shelley Winters), in this hit merging of the Blaxploitation and Chopsocky genres. Co-produced (in Technicolor and Panavision) by Hong Kong mogul Run Run Shaw. With FOXY BROWN’s Antonio Fargas as “Doodlebug.”
Reviews
“Tamara Dobson makes a smart starring debut, as the title character, a sophisticated undercover agent working to stamp out the world drug trade.”
– Variety