Black Shampoo (1976)
March 5, 1976Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

John Daniels
Mr. Jonathan

Tanya Boyd
Brenda St. John

Joseph Carlo
Mr. Wilson

Skip E. Lowe
Artie

Gary Allen
Richard

Gary Allen
Richard

William Bonner
Maddox

Bruce Kerley
Jackson

Sheldon Lee
Chauffeur / Production Manager

Sheldon Lee
Chauffeur

Anne Gaybis
Mrs. Phillips

Heather Leigh
Mrs. Simpson

Fred D. Scott
Freddie

Marl Pero
Peg

Kelly Beau
Meg

Ruby Williams
Ruby
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Details.
Release DateMarch 5, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingR
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This Movie Is About.
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Black Shampoo is an American exploitation film directed by Greydon Clark. Released in 1976, the comedy film is considered an example of the blaxploitation and sexploitation subgenres of exploitation film. Produced on a budget of $50,000, the film stars John Daniels as Jonathan Knight, an African American businessman and hairdresser who frequently has sex with his predominantly white female clients, and Tanya Boyd as Brenda, Jonathan's secretary and girlfriend, who was previously in a relationship with a white mob boss, who, out of jealousy towards his ex's new lover, begins to regularly send goons to trash Jonathan's hair salon. The violence escalates as the film progresses.
Clark purposely did not want to make a film that featured character archetypes that typically led blaxploitation films, such as pimps, private detectives or drug dealers, and set out to make a film in which an African American businessman was the lead, instead of more stereotypical blaxploitation characters. The screenplay, written by Clark and Alvin Fast, was described by Clark as a mix of comedy, sex and violence. Clark drew inspiration from the 1975 film Shampoo; the film is observed to be an example of a common form of blaxploitation filmmaking in which a previous popular film starring a predominantly white cast is imitated with a predominantly African American cast. The characters of Jonathan and Brenda have been analyzed as examples of black characters whose blackness is perceived as a commodity by their white lovers, while Jonathan is seen as a Mandingo archetype.
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