Black Shampoo

Mar 5, 1976

1h 22m

★ 4.6

He's bad…he's mean…he's a lovin' machine!

Overview

A black hairdresser's sexual escapades with married customers lead to a confrontation with a jealous mobster.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

World Amusement Company

Black Shampoo Trailers

Cast

Mr. Jonathan

John Daniels

Brenda St. John

Tanya Boyd

Mr. Wilson

Joseph Carlo

Artie

Skip E. Lowe

Richard

Gary Allen

Maddox

William Bonner

Jackson

Bruce Kerley

Chauffeur

Sheldon Lee

Mrs. Phillips

Anne Gaybis

Mrs. Simpson

Heather Leigh

Freddie

Fred D. Scott

Peg

Marl Pero

Eddie is a Vietnam veteran who loses his arms and legs when he steps on a land mine, but a brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs. Unfortunately an insanely jealous assistant (who has fallen in love with Eddie's fiance) switches Eddie's DNA injections, transforming him into a gigantic killer.

7.7

Edward Scissorhands

Dec 7, 1990

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

7.5

Three Colors: White

Jan 26, 1994

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

6.4

Italian for Beginners

Dec 7, 2000

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

3.0

Bad, Black and Beautiful

Jan 1, 1975

When Johnny Boyles is falsely accused of murdering his ex-boss, he turns to the unstoppable attorney, Eva Taylor, to help him plea his case.

4.0

Catch the Black Sunshine

Jan 1, 1972

Two slave brothers, one black, one an albino, discover a treasure map which is taken from them by their foreman. They take it back but are pursued by the foreman. Originally, the foreman seeks the aid of two bounty hunters who pursue the protagonists throughout the film. At the end, both the foreman and the bounty hunters catch up with the two escaped slaves, and the foreman has a change of heart, helping to kill the bounty hunters.

5.3

You're Not Alone

Jul 19, 2007

Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and the German-Russian Jew Yevgenia have many things to live on: food, drink, an apartment. What they do not have is work. They all discover the yearning for a chance to start all over again and bring themselves back to life.

5.8

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

Jul 11, 1975

When fellow operatives and friends disappear during a mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones comes to help. She discovers the disappearance involves The Dragon Lady, a feared lipstick lesbian who runs a casino and the local drug trade.

4.7

Manta - Der Film

Sep 18, 1991

Life is tough on car fanatic Fred. As soon as he has convinced the beautiful hairdresser Tina, he wins an Opel Manta in a raffle and is rid of the lady immediately. From now on, Tina prefers to turn to the photographer Phil. He has what Fred always wanted: a Golf GTI. To make matters worse, he now has to listen to the mocking remarks of his fellow men at every traffic light. But Fred doesn't give up. He finally finds support in the Manta Club. In a big race he finally wants to put his rival GTI-Phil in his place.

7.8

Les petites couleurs

Apr 24, 2002

Swiss drama in the form of a road movie starring Bernadette Lafont. Hairdresser Christelle is harassed daily by her chauvinistic husband until she can no longer stand it and flees. She then meets the strong landlady Mona and learns to see her life from a different perspective.

5.7

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Jun 5, 2008

An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.

7.5

The Man Who Wasn't There

Oct 26, 2001

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.

6.4

Barbershop

Apr 1, 2002

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.

6.4

Shaft

Jun 25, 1971

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

6.0

Shaft's Big Score!

Jun 8, 1972

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

6.1

Shaft in Africa

Jun 14, 1973

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

6.3

Beauty Shop

Apr 22, 2005

Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady, over-the-top boss, Jorge, Norris sets out to create her own salon -- even snagging a few of Jorge's employees and clients. Now, Jorge will do anything to shut her down.

5.9

Blow Dry

Mar 1, 2001

The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.