Foxy Brown (film)

Foxy Brown is a 1974 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character who takes on a gang of drug dealers who murdered 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.

For other uses, see Foxy Brown (disambiguation).
Foxy Brown
US film poster
Directed byJack Hill
Written byJack Hill
Produced byBuzz Feitshans
Starring
CinematographyBrick Marquard
Edited byChuck McClelland
Music byWillie Hutch
Production
company
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • April 5, 1974 (1974-04-05)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000
Box office$2.46 million

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.

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