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Foxy Brown (1974)

Foxy Brown poster
Directed by
Jack Hill
Genre
action film, blaxploitation film, girls with guns, vigilante film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 263 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman goes after a drug ring after they murder her boyfriend. She uses her skills and determination to bring them down.

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What happens

Foxy Brown is a 1974 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character who takes on a gang of drug dealers who killed her boyfriend. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Truck Turner. The film uses Afrocentric references in clothing and hair. Grier starred in six blaxploitation films for American International Pictures. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the United Kingdom under section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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