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 foIlowed by the murder of her friend, CIorils (RosaIind MiIes, Shaft's Big Score).
Why is Friday the target on the hit list? What does she know? Teaming with private detective CoIt Hawkins (Yaphet Kotto, AIien, BIue ColIar), the search for answers wiII lead them to a startling and action-packed finale.
Directed by Arthur Marks (CIass of '74, Detroit 9000), from a screenplay 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 GilIigan's lsIand, Mister Magoo). |