The late Tamara Dobson (opens in a new tab)‘s second and last outing as the titular blaxploitation crime-fighter sees her traveling to Hong Kong to rescue two of her fellow agents who have disappeared whilst on a case. She soon discovers that the owner of a Macao casino and major drug lord, the sinister Dragon Lady (Stella Stevens (opens in a new tab)), is responsible and Cleopatra sets out to stop her at all costs.

Apparently the film failed to make as much of an impact as the first one due to the fall in popularity of blaxploitation (opens in a new tab) films by 1975. Director Charles Bail (opens in a new tab) had previously worked on another entry in the genre, Black Samson (opens in a new tab), released in 1974. He went on to direct episodes of several TV series including CHiPs (opens in a new tab), Knight Rider (opens in a new tab) and Dragnet (opens in a new tab).

The excellent artwork is by the American artist Robert Tanenbaum (opens in a new tab) who was responsible for many excellent film posters during the 1970s and 80s. He’s also an award-winning portrait artist and his official website features several galleries (opens in a new tab) of his impressive work. IMPAwards also features a number of his film posters (opens in a new tab).

See other posters I’ve collected by him.

The original trailer is on YouTube (opens in a new tab).