Cleopatra Jones (1973)

Starring:

• Tamara Dobson
• Bernie Casey 
• Brenda Sykes
• Antonio Fargas 
• Esther Rolle 
• Christopher Joy

Storyline
Cleopatra Jones is a United States Special Agent assigned to crack down on drug-trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. After she burns a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug-lord Mommy is furious at the loss of her supply and vows to destroy Cleopatra Jones. Mommy uses her connections with bad cops on the force to cause trouble for Cleopatra's friends and set her up for an attack. Meanwhile, Mommy is having trouble with some of her pushers, like the renegade Doodlebug.

Link to soundtrack review:
J.J. Johnsson feat. Joe Simon & Millie Jackson - Cleopatra Jones (1973)

The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)

Starring:

• Lawrence Cook
• Janet League
• Paula Kelly
• J.A. Preston 
• Paul Butler 
• Don Blakely 
• David Lemieux

 

Storyline
In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago to work for a social services agency...by day. By night, he trains a street gang to be the vanguard in an upcoming race war, using all that the CIA has taught him...


Link to soundtrack review:
Herbie Hancock - The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)