Foxy Brown (1974)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Jack Hill

Writer:

Jack Hill (written by)

Release Date:

5 April 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Don't mess aroun' with Foxy Brown

Plot:

A sexy black woman, Foxy Brown, seeks revenge when her government agent boyfriend Michael is shot down...

Plot Keywords:

Black Woman | Revenge | Brothel | Female Frontal Nudity | Dead Cop

Cast

Pam Grier	...	Foxy Brown
Antonio Fargas	...	Link Brown
Peter Brown	...	Steve Elias
Terry Carter	...	Michael Anderson / Dalton Ford
Kathryn Loder	...	Katherine Wall
Harry Holcombe	...	Judge Fenton
Sid Haig	...	Hays
Juanita Brown	...	Claudia
Sally Ann Stroud	...	Deb
Bob Minor	...	Oscar
Tony Giorgio	...	Eddie
Fred Lerner	...	Bunyon
Judith Cassmore	...	Vicki
H.B. Haggerty	...	Brandi
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Slauson

Also Known As:

Burn, Coffy, Burn! (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

94 min | Germany:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #23883) | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

According to director Jack Hill this was originally intended to be a sequel to his Coffy (1973), also starring Pam Grier, and in fact the working title of the film was "Burn, Coffy, Burn!". However, American-International Pictures decided at the last minute it didn't want to do a sequel, even though "Coffy" was a huge hit. That's why it's never said exactly what kind of job Foxy Brown has--"Coffy" was a nurse and since this was no longer to be a sequel, they couldn't give Foxy Brown that job and didn't have time to rewrite the script to establish just what kind of job she had.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Foxy and Claudia are in the back seat of the limo on their way to their "appointment" with the judge, the shadow of the camera, mounted outside the car, can be seen passing over them several times as the car turns.

Quotes:

Link Brown: Foxy, I'm a black man, and I don't know how to sing, and I don't know how to dance, and I don't know how to preach to no congregation. I'm too small to be a football hero, and too ugly to be elected mayor. But I watch TV and see all these folks and the nice homes they live in and all them fancy cars they drive, I just get so full of ambition. Now you tell me what I'm supposed to do with all this ambition?
Foxy Brown: I don't know, Link, I just don't want to see you end up in jail, or gunned down in the streets somewhere.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Urban Legend (1998)

Soundtrack:

Foxy Brown

A Supa-Good Flick!

With "Coffy", Pam Grier showed that she could cream both the bad guys and the box office, but it was this film that catapulted her to a level of iconic stardom that not only preceded "Charlie's Angels", but provided the blueprint. Supa-bad Foxy Brown is a smart and sexy renegade out to exact revenge for the murder of her lover, who was an undercover federal agent. Behind the death is Miss Katharine (played with delicious, lupine subtlety by the late Katheryn Loder), a wicked madam who orders her bumbling drug-running henchman to do her evil bidding. Katharine's aided by her right-hand man, Steve, who later finds himself in quite a pickle when up against the fury of a woman scorned. Foxy's a whole lotta' woman who's got what it takes to beat the baddies at their own game---a voluptuous body (perfect for going undercover as one of Miss Katherine's prostitutes), a pistol-packin' Afro, and, most importantly, a "black belt in barstools". Backed by Jack Hill's slick direction and a crunchy, soulful Willie Hutch soundtrack, this movie is a modern classic that surpasses the Blaxploitation genre in which it evolved.