Cleopatra Jones

"6 feet 2" and all of it Dynamite!"

1973 1h 29m EN

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After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

“6 feet 2" and all of it Dynamite!”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jack Starrett
Writers: Max Julien, Sheldon Keller, Max Julien
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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53 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Cleopatra Jones Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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Directed by Jack Starrett, shot by David M. Walsh. 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 J.J. Johnson. 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 Allan Jacobs shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tamara Dobson and Bernie Casey and Shelley Winters carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "6 feet 2" and all of it Dynamite!".

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The take

Jack Starrett directs. David M. Walsh behind the camera. J.J. Johnson scores. Allan Jacobs cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
253 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Cleopatra Jones Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Jack Starrett, shot by David M. Walsh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by J.J. Johnson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Allan Jacobs shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tamara Dobson and Bernie Casey and Shelley Winters carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "6 feet 2" and all of it Dynamite!".
9IMDB entry: tt0069890 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 76 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 11 themes, including "martial arts", "prostitute", "corruption", "police".

The technical file

Cinematography: David M. Walsh
Original score: J.J. Johnson
Editing: Allan Jacobs
Costume design: Giorgio di Sant'Angelo
Makeup / hair: Don Beard
Stunt coordinator: Paul Nuckles
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Cleopatra Jones (1973)

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Cleopatra Jones Collection

Cleopatra Jones is a 1973 American blaxploitation action comedy film directed by Jack Starrett and starring Tamara Dobson as special agent Cleopatra Jones. A sequel, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, appeared in 1975 with Dobson reprising the title role.

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talisencrw2016-04-16
★ 7/10
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.

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