| Black Belt Jones | | {{{image}}} | | Directed by | Robert Clouse | | Written by | Alex Ross Fred Weintraub Oscar Williams | | Starring | Jim Kelly Gloria Hendry | | Produced by | Paul M. Heller Fred Weintraub | | Distributed by | Warner Brothers | | Release date | {{{release_date}}} | | Runtime | 87 min. | | Language | English | | Budget | {{{budget}}} | | IMDb page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071221/) | Black Belt Jones is a 1974 action film. It was featured in the 2004 documentary, The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made, which viewed it as "the only film on the 50 Worst list to be 'so bad, it's good'". Rosss rendition of the Golden Age Batman and Robin. ...
Jim Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in East Brady, Pennsylvania) was an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. ...
Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949) is an actress. ...
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1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
Action movies usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. ...
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made is a 2004 DVD documentary listing what its producers, Passport Entertainment, consider the worst films ever made. ...
Synopsis
The Mafia learns that a new civic center will be built, and they buy all of the land for the site of the building—all except for one place: a karate school owned by Pop Byrd (Scatman Crothers). They arrange to have Pinky (Malik Carter) come by to force Pop to sell his land, but he is killed by them. It's up to the karate school's students to get the hero, Black Belt Jones (Jim Kelly), for help. Sydney (Gloria Hendry), the daughter of the late Pop Byrd, won't sell the building. Because both of them are martial arts experts, they join forces to "clobber the mob". The Mafia, also referred to as La Cosa Nostra (Italian, variously translated as This Thing Of Ours or Our Thing), is the collective name of various secret organizations in Italy, Sicily, Corsica and the United States. ...
Scatman Crothers - original name: Benjamin Crothers - (May 23, 1910 - November 22, 1986) He was an actor, singer, dancer and musician. ...
Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ...
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Some of the cast members, with character names - Jim Kelly - Black Belt Jones
- Gloria Hendry - Sydney
- Scatman Crothers - Pop Byrd
- Eric Laneuville - Quincy
- Alan Weeks - Toppy
- Andre Philippe - Don Steffano
- Vincent Barbi - Big Tuna
- Mel Novak - Blue Eyes
- Malik Carter - Pinky
- Eddie Smith - Oscar
- Earl Jolly Brown - Jelly
- Jac Emil - "Marv the Butcher"
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