Black Belt Jones (1974)
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Robert Clouse, director of Enter the Dragon, returned with this blaxploitation actioner starring Jim Kelly as an instructor at a martial-arts school in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Teaming with former Bond girl Gloria Hendry, Kelly saves the school and Hendry's dad (Scatman Crothers) from the Mob. Eric Laneuville, Malik Carter, and Love Boat bartender Ted Lange are also onhand. Kelly was one of the subgenre's most popular heroes at the time, starring in films like Black Terminator and Black Eliminator by the score. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Clouse
Synopsis of Black Belt Jones
Robert Clouse, director of Enter the Dragon, returned with this blaxploitation actioner starring Jim Kelly as an instructor at a martial-arts school in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Teaming with former Bond girl Gloria Hendry, Kelly saves the school and Hendry's dad (Scatman Crothers) from the Mob. Eric Laneuville, Malik Carter, and Love Boat bartender Ted Lange are also onhand. Kelly was one of the subgenre's most popular heroes at the time, starring in films like Black Terminator and Black Eliminator by the score. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
Complete Cast of Black Belt Jones
- Jim Kelly - Black Belt Jones
- Scatman Crothers - Pop
- Eric Laneuville - Quincy
- Malik Carter - Pinky
- Ted Lange
- Mel Novak - Blue Eyes
- Esther Sutherland - Lucy
- Eddie Bo Smith, Jr. - Oscar
- Earl Brown - Jelly
- Gloria Hendry - Sidney
- Alan Weeks - Toppy
- Vincent Barbi - Big Tuna
- Nate Esformes - Roberts
- Earl Maynard - Bogart #5
- Andre Philippe - Don Steffano
- Robert Wall - Mob Henchman (uncredited)
- Clarence A. Barnes - Tango
- Alex Brown - Plummer
- Director(s):
- Robert Clouse
- Writer(s):
- Oscar Williams, Alex Ross, Fred Weintraub
- Producer(s):
- Fred Weintraub, Paul Heller
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