Black Cobra (film series)

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Black Cobra
Directed by Stelvio Massi
Edoardo Margheriti
Umberto Lenzi
Written byDanilo Massi
Gaetano Russo
Produced byLuciano Appignani
Starring Fred Williamson
CinematographyStelvio Massi
Guglielmo Mancori
John Wyler
Edited byAlessandro Lucidi
Vanio Amici
Music by Paolo Rustichelli
Aldo Salvi
Detto Mariano
Distributed byL’Immagine S.r.l.
Release dates
  • 1987 (1987)(1)
  • 1989 (1989)(2)
  • 1990 (1990)(3)
  • 1991 (1991)(4)
Running time
359 minutes
CountriesItaly
United States
Languages Italian
English

Black Cobra (Cobra nero in Italy) is an Italian Blaxploitation series of four action films. All of its films are centered on Robert "Bob" Malone (Fred Williamson), [1] a maverick police detective who deals out his own brand of justice.

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Overview

The following are plot summaries for the Black Cobra series.

Black Cobra

The film was released in 1987, directed by Stelvio Massi. [2] When a beautiful photographer (Eva Grimaldi) witnesses a murder committed by the leader (Bruno Bilotta) of a vicious motorcycle gang, it is up to Malone to protect her. The gang tries hard to eliminate the eyewitness, but fails.

The plot and title of the film are derived from the 1986 film Cobra starring Sylvester Stallone.[ citation needed ]

Black Cobra 2

The film was released in 1989, directed by Edoardo Margheriti. Malone finds himself in the Philippines due to a law-enforcement exchange program that his boss ordered. While picking up his luggage at the airport, Malone is pickpocketed. An Interpol agent (Nicholas Hammond) tracks down the thief with Malone, only to find the thief dead. Malone and McCall uncover clues leading to a terrorist who will kill anyone in his way.

Black Cobra 3: Manila Connection

The film was released in 1990, directed by Edoardo Margheriti. Malone thwarts a grocery store hold-up. He is then called in by Interpol to find the thieves of a vital arms shipment in the Philippines. Once he has tracked them down, Malone mounts an assault on the criminals' jungle fortress.

Black Cobra 4 (Detective Malone)

The film was released in 1991, directed by Umberto Lenzi. A gang of Arab terrorists kidnaps a scientific engineer in order to create a device for terrorist purposes. The film was not released in America.

References

  1. ↑ "Black Cobra (1987) Review". The Action Elite. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Reifschneider, Eric. "Black Cobra (1987) - 1/5". Blood Brothers. Retrieved 13 September 2020.


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