director:
Arthur Marks
starring: Pam Grier ˇ Yaphet Kotto ˇ Godfrey Cambridge
Rosalind Miles ˇ Ted Lange ˇ Eartha Kitt
Besides starring
Pam Grier (in another of her rare nude scenes), this movie has the best
supporting cast of any blaxploitation film. ˇLegendary Yaphet Kotto
plays Grier's detective buddy, and Julius Harris is her boss. Plus there's
Scatman Crothers ("The Shining"), Thalmus Rasulala ("Blacula"),
Godfrey Cambridge ("Watermelon Man"), Paul Benjamin ("Across
110th Street") and Carl Weathers ("Rocky"). ˇAnd there's
more... catwoman Eartha Kitt and everybody's favorite millionaire Jim
Backus (Thurston Howell III from "Gilligan's Island") as the
arch-villian. agazine reporter Friday Foster (Grier) goes to Los Angeles
International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest
black man in America. ˇShe suddenly finds herself in the middle of
an assassination attempt. After taking pictures of the melee, Friday is
plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood
friend, a US senator and a shadowly plan called "the Black Widow."
An American
film; widescreen, uncut (89 min.) version in DVD encoded for ALL REGIONS,
playable on any American DVD machine; in English language.
Violence/Adult
Material : Viewer discretion is advised.
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