Foxy Brown (1974)

Director:

Jack Hill

Writer:

Jack Hill (written by)

Release Date:

5 April 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Don't mess aroun' with Foxy Brown

Plot:

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Black Woman | Revenge | Gangster | Prostitute | Severed Penis

Cast

Pam Grier	...	Foxy Brown
Antonio Fargas	...	Link Brown
Peter Brown	...	Steve Elias
Terry Carter	...	Michael Anderson
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 (as Judy Cassmore)
H.B. Haggerty	...	Brandi
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Slauson (as Boyd Red Morgan)
Jack Bernardi	...	Tedesco
Robert Nadder	...	Chemist
Brenda Venus	...	Jennifer
Kimberly Hyde	...	Arabella
Jon Cedar	...	Dr. Chase
Ed Knight	...	Adams
Esther Sutherland	...	Nurse Crockett
Mary Foran	...	Bartender
Jeannie Epper	...	Bobbie
Stephanie Epper	...	Jackie
Peaches Jones	...	Barbara
Helen Boll	...	Large Lady
Conrad Bachmann	...	Roy
Russ Grieve	...	George
Rodney Grier	...	Dawes
Roydon Clark	...	Sly (as Roydon E. Clark)
Don Gazzaniga	...	O'Brien
Jay Fletcher	...	Taco Cook
Gary Wright	...	1st Cop
Fred Murphy	...	2nd Cop
Edward Cross	...	Willard
Larry Kinley Jr.	...	Jason
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Colleen Brennan	...	Hooker (uncredited)

Directed by
Jack Hill

Writing credits
Jack Hill		(written by)

Produced by
Buzz Feitshans	....	producer

Original Music by
Willie Hutch

Cinematography by
Brick Marquard

Film Editing by
Chuck McClelland

Casting by
Betty Martin

Production Management
Frank Beetson	....	production manager
Salvatore Billitteri	....	post-production supervisor
David Sheldon	....	production supervisor: AIP

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Beetson	....	first assistant director

Stunts
Fred Carson	....	stunt double
Bob Minor	....	stunt coordinator
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jadie David	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kevin N. Johnston	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peaches Jones	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Lerner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Calvin Maehl	....	best boy electric
Ross A. Maehl	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ruthie West	....	wardrobe: Miss Grier

Editorial Department
Jeff Chaves	....	colorist (digital color correction)

Music Department
Willie Hutch	....	conductor
Willie Hutch	....	music arranger
Willie Hutch	....	music producer
Ernie Watts	....	musician: flute

Transportation Department
Paul Casella Jr.	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Anita Mann	....	main title choreography

Production Companies

• American International Pictures (AIP)

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (1998) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF) (1974) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Espoon OVC Videovision (1980s) (Finland) (video)
• FS Film Oy (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen)
• Nickes Sound City (1980s) (Finland) (video)
• Orion Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chrysler Corporation  cars furnished by
• Imagic Inc.  main title opticals
• Nesco  sound effects
• Ryder Sound Services  sound
• Transcord  locations

Also Known As:

Runtime:

94 min | Germany:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Canada:R | Finland:K-16 (1998) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #23883) | West Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

Director Jack Hill specifically wrote the role of Foxy for Pam Grier and insisted on casting her despite the studio's objections.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene at Miss Catherine's place, there are a few stated references to it being nighttime. Yet when they go outside, it's obviously still daytime based on the visible light in the scene.

Quotes:

Katherine Wall:[after Foxy presents Steve's penis in a pickle jar, kills 2 of her men, and shoots her in the arm] Why didn't you kill me too? Well go on and shoot! I don't want to live anymore!
Foxy Brown:I know. That's the idea. The rest of your man is still around, and I hope you two live a long time, then maybe you can feel some of what I feel. Death is too easy for you, bitch. I want you to SUFFER.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Wayans Bros.: Goin' to the Net (#3.10)" (1996)

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.