CLEOPATRA JONES

USA | 1973 | 35mm | 89 min.
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Tamara Dobson, Shelley Winters, Bernie Casey
6′ 2″ and dressed only in eye-popping high-fashion gear, Tamara Dobson is a powerful screen presence as special agent Cleopatra Jones. Cleo struts into action, ordering an airstrike on a Turkish poppy field and igniting a war with L.A. drug queenpin “Mommy” (a delightfully over-the-top Shelley Winters). Back in Los Angeles, Cleopatra unleashes her martial arts fury and Bond-like cool to defend her community and take down the flamboyant villain. A vivid IB Technicolor print from the original release of Cleopatra Jones will be screened.