(About this film):
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.
(Synopsis):
She’s the ultimate tough and sexy heroine. She’s Soul Cinema superstar Pam Grier, and whether delivering her justice with a shotgun, a razor or just her bare hands, she doesn’t miss a beat in this “smashing, no-holds-barred tale of retaliation” (Variety)! Nobody ever commandeered the screen quite like Pam Grier…and Coffy “couldn’t be better! [It’s] one of the most entertaining movies ever made”(Quentin Tarantino)! Grier is Coffy, nurse by day and avenging angel by night. When she discovers that her little sister has been doped upand freaked outby a greedy drug pusher, she not only puts an end to his miserable days, but she vows to follow his trail of corruption up to the topthe very top. But what Coffy doesn’t realize is that all is not as it seemsand that the leafy green behind the pushers’ scene just may come from someone she knows!
Starring: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott, Allan Arbus
Sid Haig
Cinematography: Paul Lohmann
Edited by: Chuck McClelland
Music by: Roy Ayers
Directed by: ck Hill
Written by: Jack Hill
Produced by: Robert Papazian
Production company: American International Pictures
Distributed by: American International Pictures
Release date: May 13, 1973 (Chicago)[2]
Running time: 91 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
