Cleopatra Jones
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The action-adventure Blaxploitation movie Cleopatra Jones, starring Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra, was released in 1973. In the film, Jones is a special agent assigned to eliminate drug-trafficking in the US and abroad. After Jones torches a poppy field in Turkey, Mommy, a drug-lord played by Shelley Winters, becomes furious and promises to destroy Jones. Mommy uses her link with corrupt officers on the force to stir up trouble for Jones' friends and to set her up to be jumped. Meanwhile, Mommy is having problems with some of her pushers, like the disloyal Doodlebug, played by Antonio Fargas.
A sequel, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold appeared in 1975, with Dobson reprising her titular role.
- Director: Jack Starrett
- Producers: William "Bill" Tennant and Max Julien
External links
- [Cleopatra Jones, 007: Blaxploitation, James Bond, and Reciprocal Co-optation] - Images, a Journal of Popular Culture
- [Top 10 Blaxploitation Films]
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