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Friday Foster

Friday Foster

Wham! Bam! Here Comes Pam!

19755.91h 30m

Overview

Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".

Directed by Arthur Marks
Written by Orville H. Hampton, Arthur Marks, Jim Lawrence
Produced by Arthur Marks
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Top Cast

Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Friday Foster

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

Colt Hawkins

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

Ford Malotte

Thalmus Rasulala

Thalmus Rasulala

Blake Tarr

Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt

Madame Rena

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Enos Griffith

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Reverend Noble Franklin

Ted Lange

Ted Lange

Fancy Dexter

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Tierre Turner

Cleve

Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

Senator David Lee Hart

Themes & Keywords

airporthitmanphotographerpimpbased on comicmurderconspiracyblaxploitation cinemamodel

About Friday Foster

Friday Foster is a action, thriller film released in 1975 exploring themes of airport, hitman, photographer, pimp, based on comic, murder. Directed by Arthur Marks, it stars Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge. Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".

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