Tonight | Jackie Brown on SBS 2: Pam Grier outwits the feds and an arms dealer – Jackie Brown is tonight’s pick in SBS 2’s Tarantino Season. Quentin Tarantino’s crime thriller stars Pam Grier as a flight attendant playing a dangerous double game, at 9.30pm on SBS 2.
Released in 1997, Jackie Brown was Tarantino’s follow-up to Pulp Fiction. It is based on Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch.
SBS 2’s Tarantino Season has also included Icons Unearthed: Quentin Tarantino, which looked at the making of his films.
Caught smuggling money
Grier plays Jackie, a flight attendant caught smuggling money into the United States. The cash belongs to arms dealer Ordell Robbie, played by Samuel L. Jackson.
When federal agents arrest her, Jackie is trapped. On one side are the authorities. On the other is Ordell, who will stop at nothing to protect his operation.
A plan to outwit both sides
Jackie finds help in bail bondsman Max Cherry, played by Robert Forster. Together, they devise a risky plan to outwit both sides.
As loyalties shift and the stakes rise, Jackie must rely on her intelligence and nerve. Her aim is to play everyone against each other and secure her own future.
Jackie Brown airs Tuesday 10 November at 9.30pm on SBS 2 and streams free on SBS On Demand.
Read more in TV Central’s Icons Unearthed: Quentin Tarantino highlight. Watch on SBS On Demand.
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