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)
Larry Cohen
Producer / Director / Writer
Fenton Hamilton
Director of Photography
James Brown
Original Music Composer
George Folsey Jr.
Editor
Janelle Webb
Co-Producer
Benjamin Fisz
Producer
Peter Sabiston
Executive Producer
Kenneth Rive
Producer
Joan Tucker
Script Supervisor
Robert Isenberg
Camera Operator
Mike Horner
Camera Operator
Alex Fernbach
Camera Operator
Barry De Vorzon
Music Supervisor
Rick Baker
Makeup Designer / Special Effects / Makeup Artist
Black Beauty
Location Casting
Michael D. Corey
Casting
James Signorelli
Additional Photography
Alex Vanderkar
Sound
Stu Spahn
Camera Operator
Deke Gibson
Still Photographer
Jim Dunn
Camera Operator
Marvin Kerner
Sound Effects Editor
Bob Minor
Stunts
Nick Dimitri
Stunts
Larry Holt
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 7, 1973
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingR
Genres
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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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