The Cobra
Seen it?1967 | 98 min | Crime, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved Layer Cake or Coffy, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1967: an older pace and style.
A disgraced treasury agent Mike Rand, who teams with his boss to halt a Red Chinese plot to destroy the free world by flooding the market with opium and turning everyone into addicts. Along the way he manages to bed junkie Lou, get into various fights and destroy the refinery that is ending out the drugs.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mario Sequi
- Dana AndrewsCapt. Kelly
- Pietro MartellanzaMike Rand
- Anita EkbergLou
- Jesús PuenteStiarkos
- Peter DaneHullinger
- Luciana VincenziUlla
- George EastmanCrane
- Omar ZolficarSadek
- Giovanni PetrucciKing
- Ehsane Sadek KarterGamal