Coffy

"The Baddest One-Chick Hit-Squad that ever hit town!"

1973 1h 30m EN

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After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.

“The Baddest One-Chick Hit-Squad that ever hit town!”

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Cast

Pam Grier
Coffy
Robert DoQui
King George
Sid Haig
Omar
Booker Bradshaw
Howard Brunswick
William Elliott
Carter Brown
Allan Arbus
Arturo Vitroni
Linda Haynes
Meg
Barry Cahill
McHenry

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jack Hill
Writers: Jack Hill
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 8.0× over at the box office.

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ERA

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53 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jack Hill, shot by Paul Lohmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Roy Ayers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Chuck McClelland shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Pam Grier and Robert DoQui and Sid Haig carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jack Hill directs. Paul Lohmann behind the camera. Roy Ayers scores. Chuck McClelland cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 8.0× over at the box office.
453 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
5Directed by Jack Hill, shot by Paul Lohmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Roy Ayers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Chuck McClelland shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Pam Grier and Robert DoQui and Sid Haig carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The Baddest One-Chick Hit-Squad that ever hit town!".
10IMDB entry: tt0069897 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Paul Lohmann
Original score: Roy Ayers
Editing: Chuck McClelland
Makeup / hair: Ray Brooks
Stunt coordinator: Bob Minor
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $500,000
Box office: $4,000,000
Return: 800% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Coffy (1973)

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talisencrw2016-04-19
★ 8/10
Over the course of my cinematic love affair, I have really enjoyed the few films I have seen, either starring Pam Grier, one of my favourite B-movie American actresses, or that were directed by Jack Hill. I can't get enough of especially the films of which they collaborated, 'Foxy Brown' and this, both of which I consider up there with the 'Shaft' trilogy and 'Super Fly' as masterpieces of the 'urban action' genre of the 70's. She, just 24 when she made this, certainly was one of the most beautiful and exciting women ever put on celluloid, and while I also love both Hill's short film 'The Host' and 'Switchblade Sisters' (viewed on one DVD as part of Quentin Tarantino's 'Rolling Thunder' reissue series), here his pacing and filming are on an entirely different level altogether. It's a shame for us cinephiles that he chose at such an early age, 42 and clearly in his filmmaking prime, to retire from the business to both write novels as well as explore meditation with his wife, but I'm thankful for the films he made. The soundtrack (and most particularly the killer title song) by one of my favourite jazz/funk singer/musicians of the period, Roy Ayers, is up there with Curtis Mayfield's for 'Super Fly' as essential listening for lovers of such music. Say what you want about him as a filmmaker, but I for one am glad that Tarantino has revived interest in both the actress (casting her as the star of 'Jackie Brown') and the director (through his aforementioned reissue series). It is an under-recognized way that Tarantino has significantly contributed to contemporary American cinema of all sorts, and has helped these unsung heroes from prior generations, who would otherwise be neglected and ignored unjustly from contemporary cinephilic attention.
hand2a2025-01-22
★ 6/10
Has a brilliant Roy Ayers soundtrack, great costumes and a lot of good moments but is brought down overall by a few bad performances. Slow but enjoyable 3/5