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Rating: 6 stars

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Blaxploitation TCM tcm underground murder

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Melinda (1972)

Directed by Hugh A. Robertson

Action | Crime

Overview

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he’s just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman’s death.

Rated R | Length 109 minutes

Actors

Calvin Lockhart | Rosalind Cash | Vonetta McGee | Paul Stevens | Rockne Tarkington | Ross Hagen | Renny Roker | Judyann Elder | Jim Kelly | Jan Tice | Lonne Elder III | Ed Cambridge | George Fisher | Buddy Joe Hooker | Allen Pinson | Jack Manning | Gene LeBell | Gary Pagett | Khalil Bezaleel | Nina Roman | Jean Bell | Earl Maynard | Dori Dixon | Douglas C. Lawrence | Evelyne Cuffee | Peaches Jones | David Armstrong | Marcello Clay | Ken Clayton | Tony Dante | Wesley Gale | Chuck Hicks | Eugene Jackson | Murray Pollack | John Quade | Victor Romito | Eddie Smith | Owen Song | Martin Strader | Jesse Wayne

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Cool to see Jim Kelly even in a small role.

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