Black Shampoo (1976)

Black Shampoo (1976)

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Sex at the Salon

Tagline(s):	Mr. Jonathan is one bad mother!
	HE'S BAD...HE'S MEAN...HE'S A LOVIN' MACHINE! WHEN HE'S MAD...HE'S MEAN...HE'S A KILLING MACHINE!

Nomination Year: 2004

SYNOPSIS: Mister Jonathan owns the most popular hair salon on Sunset Strip. His new receptionist is on the run from the mob, however, and when they break up Mister Jonathan's joint trying to intimidate her, you know that trouble can't be far behind.

Kevin Hogan

Smithee Award Nominations

Best One-Liner
Oooo...Zing Mister Jonathan's receptionist/girlfriend goes back to her old mob boyfriend. He hates it. Just can't resist getting in that one last dig: "But your hair looks like shit that way."

Worst Picture
Mister Jonathan's House Call Mister Jonathan's house call. He is supposed to be styling a client's hair, but instead her two daughters proposition him. He refuses, and his client then threatens to call the police unless he has sex with her, on the chair by the pool, to show her daughters that she's still top dog. "Lady ... I just want to do your hair...."

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Greydon Clark	Directed such Smithee fodder as Satan's Cheerleaders, Black Shampoo, Angels' Revenge, and Dark Future.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
John Daniels	Mister Jonathan	Did a few blaxploitation flicks in the '60s, including Black Shampoo, The Candy Tangerine Man, Mean Dog Blues, and Bare Knuckles. Started an R&B band.
Tanya Boyd	Brenda St. John	Celeste Perrault on "Days of Our Lives" and Satin in Isla, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks.
Joseph Carlo	Mr. Wilson	AKA "Joe Ortiz," did Black Shampoo and Satan's Cheerleaders...and that's it.
Anne Gaybis	Mrs. Phillips	Mainly played background (uncredited) eye candy in the '70s - '90s. But her filmography is impressive for all that.
William Bonner	Maddox	Seemed to get a lot of bit parts in Smithee movies in the '60s and '70s. Was in The Adventures of Flash Beaver and Black Shampoo under the pseudonym "Jack Mehoff." cough
Greydon Clark	Man on Phone (voice)	Writer and director of such Smithee classics as Psychic Killer and Angels' Revenge and Satan's Cheerleaders. Put himself in bit roles.


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