Coffy
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Coffy (1973, USA) is a Blaxploitation Crime film directed by Jack Hill.
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- Included in: Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 | GCDb Top 20 | The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20 | Top 10 Baadassss Blaxploitation Soundtracks | GCDB Titles
- Featured in: American Grindhouse | BaadAsssss Cinema
- Featured on: TCM Underground
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Main Details
- Released in 1973
- Color
- Running Time: 91 min | Germany: 84 min
- Production and Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP)
- Written and Directed by Jack Hill
- Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui
- Produced by Salvatore Billitteri, Robert Papazian, Samuel Z. Arkoff
- Original Music by Roy Ayers
- Cinematography by Paul Lohmann
- Film Editing by Chuck McClelland
- Poster by George Akimoto
Plot Summary
- A sexy black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.
Taglines
- No one sleeps when they mess with Coffy!
- They call her Coffy and she'll cream you!
- She's the "GODMOTHER" of them all.
- The Baddest One-Chick Hit-Squad that ever hit town!
- She had a body men would die for - and a lot of them did!
The Tarantino Connection
- One of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films. Pam Grier later starred in Jackie Brown with co-star Sid Haig who appears as a judge in the film. It also featured music from the Coffy soundtrack.
- In 2024 Quentin Tarantino opened a coffee shop inside his newly owned Vista Theater called "Pam's Coffy" in honor of this film and it's star.