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Melinda is a 1972 American drama film directed by Hugh A. Robertson and written by Lonne Elder III. The film stars Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee, Paul Stevens, Rockne Tarkington and Ross Hagen.
- Pervis Atkins
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Jerry Butler, Jerry Peters
Dec 3, 1972 · Melinda: Directed by Hugh A. Robertson. With Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee, Paul Stevens. Frankie Parker, a womanizing DJ in LA, meets new girl in town, Melinda, falling hard for her.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Hugh A. Robertson
- 1972-12-03
Released in the early days of the Blaxploitation craze and promoted as "YOUR kind of Black film," Melinda is a far more hard-bitten and jaded crime film than the vague sexy drama promised by the film's lurid poster art depicting a scantily-clad woman posed beneath a man in a martial arts pose.
That super-ego brilliant Mutha Frankie J. Parker played by Calvin Lockhart is a ghetto disc jockey who smooth talks and womanizes until he meets a sultry gal named Melinda played by Vonetta McGee. Things go smoothly until Melinda winds up dead in Frankie's apartment.
Melinda and Melinda is a 2004 American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. It premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film is set in Manhattan and stars Radha Mitchell as the protagonist Melinda, in two storylines; one comic, one tragic. The film began a limited release in the United States on March 18, 2005.
- $20.1 million
- Letty Aronson
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Melinda is a nifty blaxploitation thriller, following Calvin Lockhart’s narcissistic DJ as he becomes embroiled in murder and conspiracy. Lockhart is awesome in role, nailing the transformation from womanizing jerk into seething anxious noir antihero smashing and scheming through the underworld.
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- 109 min
