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 RasuIaIa, New Jack City) which is soon followed by the murder of her friend, CIorils (Rosalind 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, Alien, Blue CoIIar), the search for answers wiIl Iead them to a startIing and action-packed finale.
Directed by Arthur Marks (Class of '74, Detroit 9000), from a screenpIay by OrviIIe Hampton, Friday Foster features supporting performances by Godfrey Cambridge (Watermelon Man, Cotton Comes To Harlem), 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 Gilligan's lsIand, Mister Magoo). |