Cleopatra Jones
"6 feet 2" and all of it Dynamite!"
Synopsis
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Principal Cast8

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
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Jack Starrett
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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.
Apr 16, 2016
































