Black Caesar (1973)
Black Caesar (1973)
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Plot.
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a pay-off gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Fred Williamson
Tommy Gibbs
Gloria Hendry
Helen
Art Lund
McKinney
D'Urville Martin
Rev. Rufus
Julius Harris
Mr. Gibbs
Minnie Gentry
Momma Gibbs
Philip Roye
Joe Washington
William Wellman Jr.
Alfred Coleman
James Dixon
'Irish' Bryant
Patrick McAllister
Grossfield
Val Avery
Cardoza
Don Pedro Colley
'Craw'
Larry Cohen
Director
Myrna Hansen
Virginia Coleman
Omer Jeffrey
Tommy (as a boy)
James Brown
Composer
Michael Jeffrey
Joe (as a boy)
Fenton Hamilton
Cinematographer
Allan Bailey
'Motor' / Production Manager
Cecil Alonzo
'Sport'
George Folsey Jr.
Editor
Francisco De Gracia
Cab Driver / Transportation Coordinator
Michael D. Corey
CastingDirector
Andrew Duggan
Man at Shoeshine (uncredited)
Larry Lurin
ProductionDesigner
Peter Sabiston
Executive Producer
Janelle Webb
Co-Producer
Benjamin Fisz
Producer
Kenneth Rive
Producer
Rick Baker
Makeup Designer / Special Effects / Makeup Artist
Marvin Kerner
Sound Effects Editor
Alex Vanderkar
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 7, 1973
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingR
Genres
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Wiki.
Black Caesar (stylized as Black Cæsar and released theatrically in the UK as Godfather of Harlem) is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry and Julius Harris. It features a musical score (Black Caesar) by James Brown (with heavy input from his bandleader Fred Wesley), his first experience with writing music for film. A sequel titled Hell Up in Harlem was released in late 1973.
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