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English. 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.
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.
This appearance also earned Kelly a three-film contract with Warner Brothers and led to starring roles in a string of martial arts-themed blaxploitation films. [14] The first was Black Belt Jones (1974), [15] in which he plays a local hero who fights the Mafia and a drug dealer threatening his friend's dojo.
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.
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 ...
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.
A martial artist (Jim Kelly) helps a father (Scatman Crothers) and daughter (Gloria Hendry) save their school of self-defense from Los Angeles mobsters.
