A case for Cleopatra Jones
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A case for Cleopatra Jones |
| Original title | Cleopatra Jones |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jack Starrett |
| script | Max Julien |
| production | William Tennant |
| music | JJ Johnson , Joe Simon |
| camera | David M. Walsh |
| cut | Allan Jacobs |
| occupation | |
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A case for Cleopatra Jones is an American blaxploitation film from 1973.
action
While the US special agent of US President Cleopatra is having a poppy plantation set on fire by the air force of a friendly state, Mommy (head of the drug syndicate that has been damaged in this way ) uses her absence to use corrupt officials in the B&S House, a drug withdrawal project Raise them and bring them back to the United States.
As requested, the resident Jimmy Beeker is hyped with drugs and arrested. Now the Cleo-supported project is threatened with closure.
With the help of the brothers 'Mat' and 'Mel' Johnson, the corrupt policeman is arrested.
The crook Doodlebug, who appears like a fool and surrounds himself with a yellow liveried butler, does not get his attempt to break away from Mommy and to want to build his own troop. Mommy has him murdered by trucks crushing Doodlebugs in the street. Finally the showdown takes place in a junkyard, with Mommy losing her life,
In the end, Jones' friend Reuben's project is saved and the innocent Jimmy is freed.
criticism
"Action film with rather clichéd symbolism and hardships typical of the genre."
Complementary
The film was continued in 1975 with the film Cleopatra Jones against the dragon lady. The character of Cleopatra was satirized as Cleopatra Shwartz in Kentucky Fried Movie in 1977 .
Web links
- A Cleopatra Jones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "Cleopatra Jones: 007" - Article about blaxploitation and the relationship between the film and James Bond and the Cleopatra Jones film series
Individual evidence
- ↑ A case for Cleopatra Jones. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 22, 2017 .