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Coffy (1973)
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Synopsis
Writer-director Jack Hill (
Spider Baby
,
Switchblade Sisters
) managed to beat
Death Wish
to the screens by a year with this violent tale of a citizen touched by crime and deciding to fight back. Her little 11-year old sister is a hopeless addict, the police can't help, and poor Nurse "Coffy" Coffin (
Pam Grier
) has no choice but to take the law into her own hands. Posing as a Jamaican prostitute, Coffy infiltrates the lairs of pimp King George (Robert DoQui) and kingpin pusher Vitroni (
Allan Arbus
). Eventually, after her childhood sweetheart is beaten into a coma and she finds out her politician-lover (Booker Bradshaw) is involved, Coffy kills everyone with a shotgun. However, by having a black woman named Coffy get injected with a sugar mixture (the crooks think it's heroin), one can only imagine the filmmakers cackling about Coffy with cream and sugar. In fact, the original ad line promised "Coffy...she'll cream you!" ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Cast
Allan Arbus
Vitroni
Booker Bradshaw
Brunswick
Robert DoQui
King George
Pam Grier
Coffy
Sid Haig
Omar
William Elliott
Carter
Production Crew
Perry Ferguson
Art Director
Paul Lohmann
Cinematographer
Roy Ayers
Composer (Music Score)
Jack Hill
Director
Charles McClelland
Editor
Chuck McClelland
Editor
Robert A. Papazian
Producer
Salvatore Billitteri
Producer
Jack Hill
Screenwriter
Don Johnson
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1973
Runtime: 91
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Action
Color type
Movielab Color
Produced by
American International Pictures
Robert A. Papazian Productions
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.