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Sheba Baby (1975)
Director: William Girdler
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Private eye Sheba Shayne plays a lone hand against a gang of racketeers trying to take over her father's business. Any 'generic significance' claimed for Pam Grier's movies clearly dissipated long before this travesty, where jive-talkin', posturing blacks conform so closely to stereotype that they are not merely uninteresting but offensive. Not only do all the characters behave as the epitome of the urban 'street nigger', they have all assimilated the American Dream without question: a dream of patronising liberalism, non-confrontation and self-fulfilment, here clearly used to keep everyone in their places. Pap, made with contempt.Author: SM
Cast & crew
Director: William Girdler
Producer: David Sheldon
Cast: Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin, Rudy Challenger, Dick Merrifield full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 89 mins
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