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Black Belt Jones is a 1974 American blaxploitation martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Jim Kelly and Gloria Hendry. The film is a spiritual successor to Clouse's prior film Enter the Dragon, in which Kelly had a supporting role. Here, Kelly features in his first starring role as the eponymous character, a local hero who ...
Mar 29, 1974 · Black Belt Jones: Directed by Robert Clouse. With Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Eric Laneuville. 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.
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Black Belt Jones is a 1974 American blaxploitation martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Jim Kelly and Gloria Hendry. The film is a spiritual successor to Clouse's prior film Enter the Dragon , in which Kelly had a supporting role.
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Kelly quickly cropped up in several more martial arts influenced "blaxploitation" films including Three the Hard Way (1974), Golden Needles (1974) and Black Belt Jones (1974), with its interesting fight finale in a soap filled car wash! He then appeared in several other action films of the late seventies, however since 1980, Kelly has only ...
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When the mafia comes after his karate school, Jim Kelly teams up with a badass Kung Fu sister to clobber the mob. Fists fly as they leap into action! 382 IMDb 6.2 1 h 25 min 1974. X-Ray R. Action · Comedy · Coarse · Fun. Available to rent or buy.
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Watch Now. Black Belt Jones (1974) R 01/28/1974 (US) Action , Comedy 1h 27m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. He clobbers the mob. Overview. Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths.
Robert Clouse, director of Enter the Dragon, returned with this blaxploitation actioner starring Jim Kelly as an instructor at a martial-arts school in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Teaming with former Bond girl Gloria Hendry, Kelly saves the school and Hendry's dad (Scatman Crothers) from the Mob.
