Black Belt Jones | |
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Directed by | Robert Clouse |
Screenplay by | Oscar Williams |
Story by | Fred Weintraub Alexandra Rose |
Produced by | Paul Heller Fred Weintraub |
Starring | Jim Kelly Gloria Hendry Scatman Crothers |
Cinematography | Kent L. Wakeford |
Edited by | Michael Kahn |
Music by | Luchi DeJesus |
Production company | Sequoia Films |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | 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. Here, Kelly features in his first starring role as the eponymous character, a local hero who fights the Mafia and a local drug dealer threatening his friend's dojo.