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Cast
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Howard Brunswick
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King George
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| William Elliott | ... |
Carter
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Arturo Vitroni
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Omar
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McHenry
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Jeri
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Priscilla
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Meg
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Aleva
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Grover
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Coffy is a nurse whose younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin. Coffy sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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Coffy'll cream ya! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 June 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Belali dilber See more »Box Office
Budget:
$500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
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Carter: Come on, Coffy, don't tell stories like that.
Coffy: And I had to hold your hand while they set it.
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Actor in mirror has sleeves rolled down at 06:24 and sleeves rolled up at 06:30 while in all other cutaways his sleeves are up. See more »Quotes
Coffy: The only cop I know to get a dislocated toe, while run over by his own squad car, while writing a ticket because the hand brake wasn't set.Carter: Come on, Coffy, don't tell stories like that.
Coffy: And I had to hold your hand while they set it.
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if you've always wondered what was so great about Pam Grier, and haven't seen any of her movies from the seventies, look no further than Coffy. Coffy has it all, violence, pimps, drugs, nudity, sex, and it's served up with some severe camp and crazy dialogue. what sets this movie apart from other blaxploitaion movies is the excellent story and powerful performance of Miss Grier. I don't think anyone else could have pulled it off, and despite the low budget ambiance and feeling the movie took about a couple of weeks to make, Grier gives a performance worthy of her cult reverence.
the movie is a typical revenge story, with a not so typical hero-a black woman. Coffy's sister is hooked on smack and Coffy vows to herself to destroy the people responsible. Coffy works as a nurse by day, and prowls the clubs by night looking for the pusher who destroyed her sister's mind with drugs. Her search leads her to a pimp, a mobster, the cops, and a politician. In the end, she takes care of them all using her brains as well as her body, and damn do she have a body! Pam Grier makes this movie believable despite the obvious flaws of the low budget production. Her character never shows the weak side of femininity and fall into the ethos that women are at some point weaker than men. Coffy never breaks down to cry for help, waiting for a man or anyone else to help her-she does it all on her own. she kicks ass all over, and no other movie has done that with a female character, at least not anything credible. Coffy makes Thelma and Louise look like Laverne and Shirley.
Pam went on to make more movies of this ilk, but none were as popular nor as good as Coffy. what about Foxy Brown you ask? despite a better title, it doesn't compare to Coffy in either performance or content. Coffy served to bring Pam Grier into the main stream, as much as any black actress could be, and make her a star. all i can say is, thank you Quentin Tarentino for making Jackie Brown and proving her power and presence as an actress. See this movie, then see Jackie Brown, you'll see why Tarentino made it.