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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Pam Grier | ... | Coffy | |
| Booker Bradshaw | ... | Howard Brunswick | |
| Robert DoQui | ... | King George | |
| William Elliott | ... | Carter | |
| Allan Arbus | ... | Arturo Vitroni | |
| Sid Haig | ... | Omar | |
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Barry Cahill | ... | McHenry |
| Lee de Broux | ... | Nick | |
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Ruben Moreno | ... | Ramos |
| Lisa Farringer | ... | Jeri | |
| Carol Locatell | ... | Priscilla (as Carol Lawson) | |
| Linda Haynes | ... | Meg | |
| John Perak | ... | Aleva | |
| Mwako Cumbuka | ... | Grover | |
| Morris Buchanan | ... | Sugarman | |
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Nurse "Coffy" Coffin leads a double life. During the day, she's a nurse at work. At night, she's an avenging angel on a personal vendetta, tracking down the drug pushers who hooked her younger sister on drugs. Along the way, she meets a honest police detective who also is leading a double life. Written by blazesnakes9
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EnglishRelease Date:
May 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Belali dilber See more »Edit
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Budget:
$500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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American International Pictures (AIP),Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International See more »
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Omar: Shut up, bitch! Want me to give you another cut?
Coffy: Can I get a glass of water? What are you trying to do, starve me to death?
Omar: Never mind! You just keep quiet or you won't need no water or nothing!
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Composed by Roy Ayers (Music) and Carl Clay (Lyrics)
Arranged, produced and performed by Roy Ayers
Sung by Dee Dee Bridgewater (as Denise Bridgewater)
Backing Vocals by Wayne Garfield
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Brunswick mistakenly calls the character of Ramos by the actor's real name: Ruben. See more »Quotes
Coffy: Hey out there, is anybody there? Can I get something to eat?Omar: Shut up, bitch! Want me to give you another cut?
Coffy: Can I get a glass of water? What are you trying to do, starve me to death?
Omar: Never mind! You just keep quiet or you won't need no water or nothing!
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Coffy Is The Color (Main Title)Composed by Roy Ayers (Music) and Carl Clay (Lyrics)
Arranged, produced and performed by Roy Ayers
Sung by Dee Dee Bridgewater (as Denise Bridgewater)
Backing Vocals by Wayne Garfield
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Pam Grier made many movies in the 1970s, but 'Coffy' as much as anything, is the one role on which her reputation as the Queen of blaxploitation rests. After a bit part in a Russ Meyer movie (his classic 'Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls'), Jack Hill, former Roger Corman protege and director of the creepy cult favourite 'Spider Baby', "discovered" her and gave her two strong roles in his popular chicks-in-chains movies 'The Big Doll House' and 'The Big Bird Cage'. Then Hill wrote and directed 'Coffy', a hugely entertaining revenge thriller that really showcases Pam Grier's talent and charisma to the max. The movie was hugely successful and made Grier an exploitation superstar. Instead of a female James Bond character like Cleopatra Jones, Hill made Coffy a regular working class black woman (a nurse as a matter of fact), who must use her brains and looks to achieve her goal - revenge for the drug addiction of her kid sister. The movie crosses elements seen in the male blaxploitation classics of the period like 'Superfly' and 'Shaft' with the vigilante genre which would really kick off with the success of 'Death Wish' the following year (yup, 'Coffy' PREDATES 'Death Wish', so let's get that straight). Grier is sensational in this movie. She can act, she's tough, she pulls off the action scenes with credibility, and of course she looks great, and there is a fair bit of nudity. Grier went on to movies like 'The Arena', 'Sheba, Baby' and 'Drum' before the blaxploitation boom burst, but it's a pity that she only made one more movie with Jack Hill ('Foxy Brown') because they were a dynamite team bringing out the best in each other. 'Coffy' has some interesting supporting cast members including Allan Arbus (best know to fans of TV's 'M.A.S.H.') as Mob boss Vitroni, future 'Robocop' actor Robert DoQui as flamboyant pimp King George, and the brilliant Sid Haig as the sleazy Omar. Haig was a regular Grier co-star throughout the 1970s and Jack Hill's favourite actor ever since his breakthrough role in 'Spider Baby'. If you really want to understand why so many movie buffs from Quentin Tarantino on down worship Pam Grier then 'Coffy' is THE movie to watch. Arguably her best movie, it's a blaxploitation classic and still great viewing thirty years later! Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in 1970s exploitation or crime movies.