Black Belt Jones (1974)
1974 film by Robert Clouse
- Released
- 28 January 1974
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Robert Clouse
- Screenplay
- Alexandra Rose
- Producer
- Fred Weintraub
- Editing
- Michael Kahn
- Starring
- Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Marla Gibbs, Ted Lange, Esther Sutherland, Alan Weeks, Mel Novak
- Running time
- 87 minutes
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
Black Belt Jones is a 1974 American blaxploitation martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Jim Kelly and Gloria Hendry. The film is a spiritual successor to Clouse's prior film Enter the Dragon, in which Kelly had a supporting role. Here, Kelly features in his first starring role as the eponymous character, a local hero who fights the Mafia and a local drug dealer threatening his friend's dojo.
More films directed by Robert Clouse
- Enter the Dragon 1973
- Golden Needles 1974
- Game of Death 1978
- The Big Brawl 1980
- Force: Five 1981
- Gymkata 1985
- China O'Brien 1990
- China O'Brien II 1991
- Ironheart 1992
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1453957 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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