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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Black Belt Jones]]''' ([[:Category:1974|1974]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Blaxploitation|Blaxploitation]]-[[:Category:Martial Arts|Martial Arts]] film directed by Robert Clouse. It is followed by [[Hot Potato]].
   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Black Belt Jones]]''' ([[:Category:1974|1974]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Blaxploitation|Blaxploitation]]-[[:Category:Martial Arts|Martial Arts]] film directed by Robert Clouse. It is followed by [[Hot Potato]].
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[Black Belt Jones (1974)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]]
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[Black Belt Jones (1974)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]]
*'''Included in''': [[The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20]]
*'''Included in''': [[The Baadasssss Blaxploitation Top 20]] | [[Dirty Basterds and Master Killers: 20 Classic Grindhouse Kung Fu Films]]
*'''Featured in''': [[It Came From Hollywood]]  
*'''Featured in''': [[It Came From Hollywood]] | [[BaadAsssss Cinema]] | [[Urban Action Collection]]
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===Main Details===
* Released in 1974
* Released in 1974
* Color
* Color
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* Directed by Robert Clouse
* Directed by Robert Clouse
* Written by Alexandra Rose, Alex Ross, Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams
* Written by Alexandra Rose, Alex Ross, Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams
* Starring [[Jim Kelly]], Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville, Alan Weeks, Andre Philippe, Vincent Barbi
* Starring [[:Category: Jim Kelly|Jim Kelly]], Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers
* Produced by Paul M. Heller, Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams
* Produced by Paul M. Heller, Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams
* Original Music by Dennis Coffey, Luchi De Jesus
* Original Music by Dennis Coffey, Luchi De Jesus
* Cinematography by Kent L. Wakeford
* Cinematography by Kent L. Wakeford
* Film Editing by Michael Kahn
* Film Editing by Michael Kahn
====Tagline====
 
* He clobbers the mob!
===Plot Summary===
====Plot====
*A Mafia buy out of Papa Byrd's karate school downtown ends in his death. Byrd's daughter, Sydney, refuses to sell, and wants revenge. Byrd's students call the Black Belt Jones for help. Jones reluctantly teams with Sydney in many battles.  
The Mafia learns that a new civic center will be built, and they buy all of the land for the site of the building—all except for one place: a karate school owned by Pop Byrd, Black Belt Jones' old friend. Pop Byrd had borrowed money from a local drug dealer, Pinky, in order to open his school. Pinky had been stealing money from the mafia and was forced to pay them $250,000 or get Pop's building for them. Pinky inflated the debt, with the intent of offering Pop the deal of trading his building in exchange for the debt being cleared. However, things do not go as planned, as Pop is accidentally killed by Pinky's men during an intimidation attempt. Before he dies, he states that he couldn't give them the building to settle his debt, because it did not belong to him, but to someone named Sydney...[[/Review|More]]
 
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===Tagline===
*He clobbers the mob!


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Main Details

  • Released in 1974
  • Color
  • Running Time: 87 Min.
  • Production Co: Sequoin Films | Sequoin Productions
  • Distribution Co: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Directed by Robert Clouse
  • Written by Alexandra Rose, Alex Ross, Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams
  • Starring Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers
  • Produced by Paul M. Heller, Fred Weintraub, Oscar Williams
  • Original Music by Dennis Coffey, Luchi De Jesus
  • Cinematography by Kent L. Wakeford
  • Film Editing by Michael Kahn

Plot Summary

  • A Mafia buy out of Papa Byrd's karate school downtown ends in his death. Byrd's daughter, Sydney, refuses to sell, and wants revenge. Byrd's students call the Black Belt Jones for help. Jones reluctantly teams with Sydney in many battles.

Tagline

  • He clobbers the mob!
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