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19 May 1973 (Japan) moreTagline:
YOUR kind of black film morePlot:
A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Melinda moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Calvin Lockhart | ... | Frankie J. Parker |
| Rosalind Cash | ... | Terry Davis |
| Vonetta McGee | ... | Melinda |
| Paul Stevens | ... | Mitch |
| Rockne Tarkington | ... | Tank |
| Ross Hagen | ... | Gregg Van |
| Renny Roker | ... | Dennis Smith |
 | Judyann Elder | ... | Gloria |
| Jim Kelly | ... | Charles Atkins |
| Jan Tice | ... | Marcia |
| Lonne Elder III | ... | Lt. Daniels (as Lonne Elder) |
| Ed Cambridge | ... | Detective (as Edmund Cambridge) |
 | George Fisher | ... | Young Man |
| Joe Hooker | ... | Rome's Servant |
| Allen Pinson | ... | Rome |
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of all the blaxplotation films in the 70's, Melinda ranks on my list with Shaft, Superfly, Trouble Man, Cotton comes to Harlem, and such like. i had'nt seen it since 1974 maybe, and have been looking for it for more than 30 years. finally, i found it in San Francisco. the DVD was a good print although you knew it was as old as it is/was. Calvin Lockhart was brilliant as the narcissistic Frankie J Parker, and Rosiland Cash's role of Terry, displayed the strength and resolve of a strong Black woman of the time. violent and dark, with a hint of mystery and overloaded with the rage of revenge, Melinda was a thriller. as i watched again, for the first time, the lines all came back and i can remember how many of Lockhart's lines, i began using. incredible how influential movies can be to a 20year old African-American in the 70's.