| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Tamara Dobson |
Cleopatra Jones
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| Bernie Casey |
Reuben
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| Esther Rolle |
Mrs. Johnson
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| BrendaSykes |
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| Shelley Winters |
Mommy
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| Brenda Sykes |
Tiffany
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| Antonio Fargas |
Doodlebug Simkins
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| Dan Frazer |
Crawford
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| Bill McKinney |
Purdy
|
| Stafford Morgan |
Sergeant Kert
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| Michael Warren |
Andy (as Mike Warren)
|
| Albert Popwell |
Matthew Johnson
|
| Caro Kenyatta |
Melvin Johnson
|
| Keith Hamilton |
Maxwell Woodman
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| Jay Montgomery |
Jimmy Beekers
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| Arnold Dover |
Art
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| Angela Gibbs |
Annie
|
| John Alderman |
Mommy's Assistant
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| Eugene Jackson |
Henry
|
| Lee Weaver |
Friend
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| Kanes J. Crawford |
First Boy on Skates
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| George Reynolds |
Fireplug
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| Edward Crawford |
Second Boy on Skates
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| Don Cornelius |
Himself
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| Frankie Crocker |
Himself (as Frank Crocker)
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| Paul Koslo |
Gangmember
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| Joe Tornatore |
Zap (as Joseph A. Tornatore)
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| Hedley Mattingly |
Mattingly, Doodlebug's Butler/Chauffeur
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| Christopher Joy |
Snake
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| Teddy Wilson |
Pickle(Doodlebug's Hood) (as Theodore Wilson)
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| John Garwood |
Lieutenant Tompkins
|
| Nick Dimitri |
Cop in Bust (uncredited)
|
| Lisa Farringer |
Eve (uncredited)
|
| Doug Johnson |
B&S House worker (uncredited)
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action |
| Director |
Jack Starrett |
| Producer |
William Tennant |
| Writer |
Max Julien; Sheldon Keller |
| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
89 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| Special agent Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson), six feet two inches of sinewy fighting fury clad in layers of runway chic fashions in bright rainbow colors, strolls up a sand dune and orders the destruction of a Turkish poppy field. Thousands of miles away, an L.A. drug lord named Mommy (Shelley Winters hamming it up with garish wigs and lecherous leers) screeches as her life blood burns away and lures Cleopatra stateside to plot her demise. A product of the "blaxploitation" explosion of low-budget thrillers featuring black heroes in the 1970s, Cleopatra Jones may not be the best of the batch but revels in the most outrageous fashion sense. Cleo looks great in furs, pantsuits, ponchos, turbans--a new outfit every scene--and drives a sleek black Corvette with a personalized license plate: "CLEO." It's a shame that the producers dropped the exotic potential of a globetrotting super-agent for an L.A.-bound gangster film, which is entertaining in a comic-book way but rarely reaches the energetic levels of the gritty Pam Grier action pictures Coffy and Foxy Brown. Bernie Casey is a role model of dignity and action as a neighborhood activist, and a garishly overdressed Antonio Fargas delivers a suitably flamboyant performance as Mommy's pusher Doodlebug. The glamorous super-agent flew off to Hong Kong for the 1975 sequel, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold. --Sean Axmaker |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
36 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Owner |
David Cowley |
|
| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color |
| Layers |
Single side, Single layer |
| UPC |
085391127529 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
1999 |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color HiFi Sound Closed-captioned Widescreen |
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