Pam Grier in Foxy Brown wears a silk yellow halterneck top and stands in a room with wooden furniture.

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ART OF ACTION: Foxy Brown (18)

18
  • 1974
  • 1h 32m
  • USA

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  • Directed by Jack Hiill
  • Origin USA
  • Year 1974
  • Duration 1h 32m
  • Certificate 18
  • Type Film

Unable to pay back the $20,000 he owes the mob, small-time hustler Link gives up the identity of an undercover cop who happens to be dating his sister, Foxy Brown. When gangsters kill the cop, Foxy swears vengeance. A sensational, grimy crime thriller, which cemented Pam Grier as America’s first Woman Action star this Blaxploitation classic is one of her most iconic and notorious roles.

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