Underplayed Gems

Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974)

Honeybaby, Honeybaby poster
Directed by
Michael Schultz
Genre
action
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A young woman from Harlem wins a game show trip to Beirut. She and her cousin get caught up in a chase when a stranger hides a secret formula in her purse. Mercenaries follow her to get the formula back.

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What happens

Honey baby, Honey baby is a 1974 American action film directed by Michael Schultz. The film focuses on the adventures of Laura Lewis, a young woman from Harlem known as "Honey Baby" (Diana Sands), who wins a game show trip to Beirut, Lebanon. While on this trip, she and her cousin Skiggy (J.Eric Bell) get in trouble after she encounters a Chinese woman named Madame Chan (Gay Suilin), who, unknown to Laura and Skiggy, implants a dot with the secret formula of a deceased prince's body in Honey Baby's purse. Consequently, mercenaries track Honey Baby to get the formula back. The film was also released in the United States under a variety of alternate titles such as, "Honeybaby, Honeybaby", "Honeybaby", and "Three Days in Beirut". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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