Black Cobra (film series)

Black Cobra (film series)
Directed by	Stelvio Massi Edoardo Margheriti Umberto Lenzi
Produced by	Luciano Appignani
Written by	Danilo Massi Gaetano Russo
Starring	Fred Williamson
Music by	Paolo Rustichelli Aldo Salvi Detto Mariano
Cinematography	Stelvio Massi Guglielmo Mancori John Wyler
Editing by	Alessandro Lucidi Vanio Amici
Distributed by	L’Immagine S.r.l.
Release date(s)	1987-1990
Running time	359 min.
Country	Italy United States
Language	Italian English

Black Cobra (Cobra nero in Italy) is an Italian Blaxploitation series of four action films. All of its films are centered around Robert 'Bob' Malone (Fred Williamson), a maverick police detective who deals out his own brand of justice.

Overview

The following are plot summaries for the entire Black Cobra series.

Black Cobra

The film was released in 1987. When a beautiful photographer (Eva Grimaldi) witnesses a murder committed by the leader (Bruno Bilotta) of a vicious motorcycle gang, it's up to Malone to protect her. The gang throws everything they've got at Malone to eliminate the eyewitness, but Malone is tough-as-nails.

The plot is identical to Cobra (1986 film) Starring Sylvester Stallone.^{[citation needed]}

Black Cobra 2

The film was released in 1988. Malone is back and this time he finds himself in the Philippines due to a law-enforcement exchange program that his boss ordered. While picking up his luggage at the airport Malone is pickpocketed. An Interpol agent named Lt. Kevin McCall (Nicholas Hammond) tracks down the thief with Malone, only to find the thief dead. After this Malone and McCall uncover clues leading to a terrorist who will kill anyone in his way.

Black Cobra 3: Manila Connection

The film was released in 1990. Malone is called in by Interpol to track down some pawns who stole a vital arms shipment in the Philippines. Once the thieves are tracked down, Malone mounts his assault on the criminals' jungle fortress.

Black Cobra 4 (Detective Malone)

The film was released in 1990. A gang of Arab terrorists kidnaps a scientific engineer in order to create a device that will make international terrorism more powerful.

External links

• Black Cobra is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]