''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold'' is a 1975 American
action-adventure
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film directed by Charles Bail and starring
Tamara Dobson
Tamara Janice Dobson (May 14, 1947 – October 2, 2006) was an American actress and model (person), fashion model. Beginning her career in modeling during the late 1960s, Dobson became best known for her title role as government agent Cleopatra "C ...
as Cleopatra "Cleo" Jones,
Stella Stevens
Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938) is a American former actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as '' Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (1962), '' The Nutty Professor'' (1963), ''The Courtship of ...
and
Norman Fell
Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom ''Three's Company'' and its spin-off, ''The Ropers'', and his fi ...
.
The film is a sequel to the 1973 action film ''
Cleopatra Jones
''Cleopatra Jones'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett. Tamara Dobson stars as an undercover government agent who uses the day job of supermodel as her cover and an excuse to travel to exotic places. Bernie Casey, Sh ...
.''
Plot
The story begins with two government agents, Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson, being captured by the "Dragon Lady" (Stella Stevens). Cleopatra Jones then travels to
Hong Kong
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to rescue the agents. Jones pairs up with Mi Lin-fong () and ends up in the Dragon Lady's
casino
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, which, in actuality, is the headquarters for her underground drug empire. Jones and Mi use their combat skills to battle the Dragon Lady's henchmen and rescues the agents.
Cast
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Tamara Dobson
Tamara Janice Dobson (May 14, 1947 – October 2, 2006) was an American actress and model (person), fashion model. Beginning her career in modeling during the late 1960s, Dobson became best known for her title role as government agent Cleopatra "C ...
as Cleopatra Jones
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Ni Tien as Mi Lin-fong (billed as simply Tanny)
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Stella Stevens
Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938) is a American former actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as '' Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (1962), '' The Nutty Professor'' (1963), ''The Courtship of ...
as Dragon Lady
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Norman Fell
Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom ''Three's Company'' and its spin-off, ''The Ropers'', and his fi ...
as Stanley Nagel
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Albert Popwell
Albert Popwell (July 15, 1926 – April 9, 1999) was an American stage, television and film actor with a career spanning six decades.
Born in New York City, Popwell started as a professional dancer before taking up a career in acting. Popw ...
as Matthew Johnson
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Caro Kenyatta as Melvin Johnson
Max Julien
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, author of the source story for, and a co-producer of, the film's predecessor, ''
Cleopatra Jones
''Cleopatra Jones'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett. Tamara Dobson stars as an undercover government agent who uses the day job of supermodel as her cover and an excuse to travel to exotic places. Bernie Casey, Sh ...
,'' refused to participate in the production, and instead got token credit for the story and script having been ''"based on characters created by"'' him.
Reception
The film was not as well received as its predecessor, ''Cleopatra Jones'', due mainly to the decline in the popularity of the blaxploitation genre.
The film was released on DVD by Warner Brothers as part of its Warner Archive Collection in 2010.
See also
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List of action films of the 1970s
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List of films set in Hong Kong
While most of local Hong Kong movies were filmed locally, several foreign movies were also, at least partly, set in Hong Kong. The following is a list of foreign movies set in Hong Kong.
Foreign movies
*'' Godzilla vs. Kong'' (2021)
*''Hello, Love ...
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List of American films of 1975
A list of American films released in 1975.
'' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest-grossing film of 1975 was ''Jaws''.
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1975 films
1970s crime films
1975 LGBT-related films
Blaxploitation films
American crime films
African-American LGBT-related films
American sequel films
Films set in Hong Kong
Films scored by Dominic Frontiere
Films set in Los Angeles
Films shot in Hong Kong
Warner Bros. films
1970s English-language films
Films directed by Charles Bail
1970s American films
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