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Cleopatra Jones
Synopsis
Tamara Dobson stars as Cleopatra Jones in Jack Starrett's blaxploitation programmer that, in its own way, deals effectively with the ravages of drugs in inner-city black communities. Cleopatra Jones is a jive female James Bond, a special drug agent for the United States government who wears sleek and hip clothes, drives a fancy car with a submachine-gun compartment in the front door, and travels all over the world to stomp out drugs at their source. Cleopatra has a loving relationship with Ruben (Bernie Casey), the well-meaning head of a drug rehabilitation clinic in Los Angeles. When Cleopatra travels to Turkey to oversee the destruction of poppy fields owned by Mommy (Shelley Winters) -- a lesbian drug dealer -- Mommy becomes upset. She exacts her revenge on Cleopatra by having the police close down Ruben's drug clinic. Nevertheless, Cleopatra continues to wreak havoc upon Mommy's drug business, and Mommy continues to try to do Cleopatra in, until finally there is a major confrontation between Cleopatra and Mommy and her minions.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Jack Starrett,
  • Writer:
    Max Julien, Sheldon Keller,
  • Producer:
    William Tennant, William Tennant,
  • Cinematographer:
    David M. Walsh,
  • Editor:
    Allan Jacobs,
  • Cast:
    Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Shelley Winters, Antonio Fargas, Tamara Dobson, Brenda Skyes,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Joel Cox,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Ronald Martinez,
  • Co-Producer:
    Max Julien,
  • Sound:
    Bud Alper,
  • Camera Operator:
    Roger Shearman,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Betty A. Griffin,
  • Boom Operator:
    Gene Ashbrook,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Blackie Dottini,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Terry Wooley, Ronald Vidor,
  • Property Master:
    Terry Ballard,
  • Stunts:
    Ronald Ross, William Upton, Melvin Jones, Roydon Clark, Charles Bail, Mickey Gilbert, Len Glascow, Eddie Smith, Richard Washington, Alex Brown, Henry Kingi, Terry Leonard, Bob Minor, Howard Curtis, George Robotham, Gene LeBell, George P. Wilbur, Duffy Hambleton, Darrell Giddens, Bob Courts, S.J. McGee, Wayne King Sr., Denver Mattson, John T. Mitchell, Bobby Clark, Nick Dimitri, Bob Herron, Glenn R. Wilder, Paul Baxley, John Hudkins, Wally Rose, Eddy Donno, Fred Stromsoe, May Boss, Victor Paul, Jerry Summers,
  • Hairdresser:
    Ann Wadlington,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Nick Caparelli,
  • Set Decoration:
    Cheryal Kearney,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Paul Nuckles, Ernest Robinson,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Frank P. Flynn, Cecil Lupton,
  • Assistant Director:
    Jack Roe,
  • Still Photographer:
    William W. Gillohm,
  • Wardrobe Master:
    Thomas Welsh, Gertha Brock,
  • Story by:
    Max Julien,
  • Leadman:
    John Barton,
  • Original Music Composer:
    J.J. Johnson,
  • Electrician:
    Walter McCovey, Eugene Simpson, Frank Toth,
  • Title Designer:
    Don Record,
  • Casting:
    Nessa Hyams,
  • Conductor:
    J.J. Johnson,
  • Scoring Mixer:
    Dan Wallin,
  • Gaffer:
    Earl Gilbert,
  • Swing:
    Lawrence R. Whittington, Norman Limacher,
  • Art Direction:
    Peter Wooley,
  • Production Manager:
    Sam Manners,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Michael Nakamura,
  • Publicist:
    Vincent Tubbs,
  • Hairstylist:
    Don Beard,
  • Key Grip:
    Tom D. May, Tom May,
  • Cableman:
    Vincent Garcia,
  • Production Secretary:
    Ronnie Kramer,
  • Special Effects:
    Elvin Crawford,
  • Screenplay:
    Sheldon Keller, Max Julien,
  • Costume Design:
    Giorgio di Sant'Angelo,
  • Additional Music:
    Carl Brandt, Brad Shapiro,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Donald Whipple Jr.,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Leo Lotito Jr.,
  • Extras Casting:
    Jim Martell,
  • Painter:
    Ernest Phillips,

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