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Rum Punch is both the name of an alcoholic mixed drink, and a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard.

The book was adapted into a film by director Quentin Tarantino, who changed some of the characters and the plot. The film was released in 1997 as Jackie Brown.

Plot

Set in Miami, Rum Punch follows Jackie Burke, a 44-year-old airline stewardess, who's been bringing cash into the country for a gunrunner named Ordell Robbie (whose nickname, whitebread, comes from the fact that he's light-skinned). When the cops try to use Jackie to get at Ordell, she hatches a plan--with help from bail bondsman Max Cherry--to keep the money for herself.

Trivia

In the book, the character Jackie is actually a white woman. However, in Quentin Tarantino's film, Jackie Brown, the character is changed to an African American woman, and is portrayed by legendary blaxploitation star Pam Grier. Director Quentin Tarantino had imagined the character as being played by Pam Grier, and had apparently missed a couple of paragraphs in the book that mention Jackie as being white.

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