Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Even though the Cleopatra Jones films were hits, star Tamara Dobson wasn't able to capitalize on them. The blaxploitation genre soon dried up and she never become a huge star. They were her only leading roles.,During the car chase between the Mercedes and the four-door Ford Falcon, the stunt double for Tanny (driving the Mercedes) is clearly a man.,Matthew Johnson: And we might just happen to be the only niggas alive with white shadows.,Featured in Baadasssss Cinema (2002),Playin' with Fire
Music by Dominic Frontiere
Lyrics by Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise,Follow-up to 1973's far better "Cleopatra Jones" has statuesque black actress Tamara Dobson returning to her signature role as chic, super-tough narcotics agent, here busting a heroin ring in Hong Kong. Cross-pollination of blaxploitation action-flick and kung-fu B-movie is fun at the outset but eventually flags. The shoot-out finale is right off the assembly-line, and Dobson herself seems less energetic than before (she's still sexy, and she puts a unique spin on her comically-stilted dialogue, but these surroundings may have been too much of one thing for her--she's jaded). Stella Stevens plays the villainess this time; she's good, but can't match Shelley Winters in the predecessor. ** from ****,