Coffy
Sign in to saveCoffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction.
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6.6After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Released: 1973-06-1390 minDir: Jack HillAction, Crime, Thriller
Cast
- Pam Grier as Coffy
- Robert DoQui as King George
- Sid Haig as Omar
- Booker Bradshaw as Howard Brunswick
- William Elliott as Carter Brown
- Allan Arbus as Arturo Vitroni
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Coffy
- Film.image
- Coffy.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster by George Akimoto
- Film.writer
- Jack Hill
- Film.director
- Jack Hill
- Film.producer
- Robert Papazian
- Film.music
- Roy Ayers
- Film.cinematography
- Paul Lohmann
- Film.editing
- Chuck McClelland
- Film.studio
- American International Pictures
- Film.distributor
- American International Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 90 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
Key dates
- Published
- 23 July 1976
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- vigilante film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jack Hill
- Screenwriter
- Jack Hill
- Cast member
- Lyman Ward
- Composer
- Roy Ayers
- Production company
- American International Pictures
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
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- Legacy
- Canceled sequel
- Home media
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- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction.
Produced and distributed by American International Pictures (AIP), Coffy was the third Jack Hill film to star Grier, after The Big Doll House and The Big Bird Cage. Grier would go on to boost her career as the leading "femme fatale" of blaxploitation for the rest of the 1970s.
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1970s action thriller films1970s feminist films1973 American films1973 crime thriller films1973 English-language films1973 filmsAfrican-American characters in filmsAmerican action thriller filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsAmerican exploitation filmsAmerican films about revengeAmerican International Pictures films