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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Cast & Crew.

Fred Williamson
Tommy Gibbs

Gloria Hendry
Helen

Art Lund
McKinney

D'Urville Martin
Rev. Rufus

Julius Harris
Mr. Gibbs

Minnie Gentry
Mama Gibbs

Philip Roye
Joe Washington

William Wellman Jr.
Alfred Coleman

James Dixon
'Irish' Bryant / Associate Producer

Val Avery
Cardoza

Patrick McAllister
Grossfield

Don Pedro Colley
'Craw'

Myrna Hansen
Virginia Coleman

Omer Jeffrey
Tommy (as a boy)

Michael Jeffrey
Joe (as a boy)

Allan Bailey
'Motor' / Production Manager

Cecil Alonzo
'Sport'

Francisco De Gracia
Cab Driver / Transportation Coordinator

Larry Lurin
Carlos / Production Design

Andrew Duggan
Man at Shoeshine (uncredited)

James Brown
Original Music Composer

Larry Cohen
Producer / Writer / Director

George Folsey Jr.
Editor

Fenton Hamilton
Director of Photography

Peter Sabiston
Executive Producer

Kenneth Rive
Producer

Janelle Webb
Co-Producer

Benjamin Fisz
Producer

Joan Tucker
Script Supervisor

Mike Horner
Camera Operator

Rick Baker
Special Effects / Makeup Designer / Makeup Artist

Deke Gibson
Still Photographer

Marvin Kerner
Sound Effects Editor

Alex Fernbach
Camera Operator

Barry De Vorzon
Music Supervisor

Stu Spahn
Camera Operator

Robert Isenberg
Camera Operator

Michael D. Corey
Casting

James Signorelli
Additional Photography

Alex Vanderkar
Sound

Jim Dunn
Camera Operator

Black Beauty
Location Casting

Bob Minor
Stunts

Nick Dimitri
Stunts

Larry Holt
Stunts
Media.










Details.
Release DateFebruary 7, 1973
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
blaxploitation
Wiki.
Black Caesar (stylized as Black Cæsar and released in UK cinemas 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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