Black Belt Jones (1974) [R]

Release Date:
January 28, 1974

Original Title:
Black Belt Jones

Alternate Titles:
Jones "Czarny Pas"

Genres:
Action | Comedy

Production Companies:
Sequoia Pictures
Sequoin Films
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 87

He clobbers the mob

Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops ,played by Scatman Crothers. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.

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Associate Producer:
Oscar Williams

Costume Design:
Ann McCarthy

Director:
Robert Clouse

Director of Photography:
Kent L. Wakeford

Editor:
Michael Kahn

Fight Choreographer:
Robert Wall

First Assistant Director:
Marty Hornstein

Makeup Artist:
Gary Morris

Original Music Composer:
Luchi De Jesus

Producer:
Paul M. Heller
Fred Weintraub

Production Supervisor:
Terry Morse Jr.

Screenplay:
Oscar Williams

Script Supervisor:
Joyce King

Second Assistant Director:
Al Sheppard

Set Decoration:
Charles Pierce

Sound Effects:
Marvin Kerner

Sound Mixer:
C. Darin Knight

Story:
Fred Weintraub
Alexandra Rose

Stunt Coordinator:
Ernest Robinson

Stunts:
Brandon Pender
Alex Brown
Alfie Martin
Eddie Smith
Pat E. Johnson
Aaron Norris
Henry Kingi

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