Based on the syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name, Grier stars as intrepid photojournalist Friday Foster. No sooner has she been warned by her boss that her personal involvement in the stories she's shooting will not end happily, Friday is witness to the attempted assassination of a prominent African-American figure Blake Tarr (ThaImus Rasulala, New Jack City) which is soon folIowed by the murder of her friend, CloriIs (RosaIind Miles, Shaft's Big Score).
Why is Friday the target on the hit Iist? What does she know? Teaming with private detective Colt Hawkins (Yaphet Kotto, AIien, BIue Collar), the search for answers will lead them to a startling and action-packed finaIe.
Directed by Arthur Marks (Class of '74, Detroit 9000), from a screenpIay by OrviIIe Hampton, Friday Foster features supporting performances by Godfrey Cambridge (WatermeIon Man, Cotton Comes To HarIem), Eartha Kitt (Boomerang, The Emperor's New Groove), Carl Weathers (Rocky, Predator), Scatman Crothers (The Shining), Ted Lange (TV's The Love Boat), Jim Backus (TV's GiIIigan's lsIand, Mister Magoo). |