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Coffy Details

1974

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Starring	Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Doqui, William Elliott
Director	Jack Hill
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

Coffy

Pam Grier rocketed to stardom as the queen of blaxploitation films with this big cult hit. Director Jack Hill, who had launched her film career two years earlier with THE BIG DOLL HOUSE, here casts Grier as a hardworking nurse out to avenge her smack-addicted 11-year-old sister by waging a one-woman war on Los Angeles drug dealers. Better believe she can do it, too. After her cop friend Carter (William Elliott) is beaten up for not being crooked, Foxy decides to go undercover as a high-class Jamaican prostitute for King George (Robert Doqui), a super mack-daddy pimp with big-time heroin connections. There's a really memorable scene at a party, where Coffy battles King George's other prostitutes in a spectacular cat fight, and of course, lots of other slam-bang action is in the works as Coffy shoots, slashes and seduces her way to the top of the drug ring. Through it all, Grier keeps her character vulnerable and sweet, in a truly amazing performance. The rock-solid funk score is by Roy Ayers. Co-stars include Sid Haig, Allan Arbus, and Booker Bradshaw is Coffy's politician boyfriend. Hill and Grier re-teamed the following year with a sort-of-sequel, FOXY BROWN.

Starring	Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Doqui, William Elliott, Alan Arbus, Sid Haig, Barry Cahill
Director	Jack Hill
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 26 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1974 To Rent: DVD: 07 Jul 2003

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- Superficially just another black exploitation film (one of the first to feature a woman in a strong central role),... read more on Time Out
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  Coffy is the colour
  
  Coffy is the colour of excess. Everything in this black diamond of a picture is outlandish and overblown, save for the central performance, a subtle portrayal ... read more »
  
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  Funk on legs
  
  Coffy was a most enjoyable film. Knowing it was pre Death Wish I found it to be groundbreaking for time. It is funk on legs, cool as cucumber and not for anyone... read more »
  
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  Coffy is the colour
  
  Coffy is the colour of excess. Everything in this black diamond of a picture is outlandish and overblown, save for the central performance, a subtle portrayal ... read more »
  
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  Cream & Sugar - Optional
  
  Grier plays tough-as-nails vixen-turned-avenging-angel in this 1973 blaxploitation flick. Yeah, she poses as a Jamaican hooker named Mystique, hides a bunch of ... read more »
  
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  Pam Grier rocketed to stardom as the queen of blaxploitation films with this big cult hit. Director Jack Hill, who had launched her film career two years earlier with THE BIG DOLL HOUSE, here casts Grier as a hardworking nurse out to avenge her smack-addicted 11-year-old sister by waging a one-...