Original Gangstas (1996)
1h 39m
Running Time
May 10, 1996Release Date

Plot.
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to Gary to be with his father and, with a little help from his friends, to destroy the Rebels his way.
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Cast & Crew.

Fred Williamson
John Bookman / Producer

Jim Brown
Jake Trevor

Pam Grier
Laurie Thompson

Paul Winfield
Reverend Dorsey

Isabel Sanford
Gracie Bookman

Oscar Brown Jr.
Marvin Bookman

Richard Roundtree
Slick

Ron O'Neal
Bubba

Christopher B. Duncan
Spyro

Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Damien

Dru Down
Kayo

Shyheim Franklin
Dink

Robert Forster
Detective Slatten

Charles Napier
Mayor

Wings Hauser
Michael Casey

Carlos González
Cinematographer

Frank Pesce
Detective Waits

Godfrey
Marcus

Tim Rhoze
Blood

Seraiah Carol
Thelma Jones

Dawn Stern
Princess

Timothy Lewis
Kenny Thompson

Linda Bright Clay
Lisa Bookman

Kevin Watson
Bobby

Anthony Snowden
Doctor

Nick Edenetti
TV Announcer

Jacqueline Swike
TV News Reporter

Kimberly Shufford
Lady in Gym

Idella Haywood
2nd Lady in Gym

Raymond Taylor
Boy Left in Street

Scarface
Rebel Guard at Party

Bushwick Bill
Party Cigar Smoker

Dani Girl
Dancer at Party

Luniz
Customers at Thelma's Cafe

The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites

Bishop Don Magic Juan
Big Brother (uncredited)

Yukmouth
Customer at Thelma's Cafe (uncredited)

Numskull
Customer at Thelma's Cafe (uncredited)

Carlos González
Director of Photography

Larry Cohen
Director

Aubrey K. Rattan
Writer

Jim Fitzpatrick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ralph Osborn
Dialogue Editor

Joe Earle
Sound Effects Editor

Dennis Gray
Dialogue Editor

James Hebenstreit
ADR Editor

Myron Nettinga
Sound Effects Editor

Scott Ganary
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mitch Gettleman
Sound Effects Editor

Greg Steele
ADR Mixer

J. Byron Smith
Sound Mixer

Eric Erickson
Foley Editor

Nancy Parker
Foley Artist

Kenneth L. Johnson
Sound Effects Editor

Tami Treadwell
ADR Recordist

Steve Pederson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Keenan Wyatt
Boom Operator

Richard Taylor
Supervising Sound Editor

Benjamin Beardwood
Dialogue Editor

Alyson Dee Moore
Foley Artist

David Hankins
Foley Editor

David Kern
Editor

Elayne Barbara Ceder
Production Design

Lisa Moffie
Costume Design

Bob Shelley
Special Effects

Wolf Schmidt
Executive Producer

Vladimir Horunzhy
Music / Co-Producer

Linda Williamson
Line Producer

Peter B. Ellis
Editor

Aaron Holden
Set Decoration

Craig Campobasso
Casting

Bob Minor
Stunt Coordinator

Connie Kallos
Key Makeup Artist / Key Hair Stylist

Tony Brubaker
Utility Stunts

Darren Bond
Utility Stunts

Gerard 'Gus' Williams
Utility Stunts

Joe Caballero
Utility Stunts

Ousaun Elam
Utility Stunts

Bobby Stuart
Utility Stunts

Dwayne McGee
Utility Stunts

Brian W. Boyd
Second Assistant Director

Scott Jager
Location Manager

Tim Christenson
Second Second Assistant Director

Forrest L. Futrell
First Assistant Director

Paul Kurta
Second Unit Director

Linda Leifer
Script Supervisor
Media.



Details.
Release DateMay 10, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingR
Budget$4,800,000
Box Office$3,014,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
gangster
vigilante
blaxploitation
shootout
b movie
drive by shooting
gang violence
hand to hand combat
Wiki.
Original Gangstas is a 1996 action-gangster film filmed and set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Richard Roundtree, and Ron O'Neal. It is the final film directed by Larry Cohen before his death in 2019, though he continued to write screenplays through 2010.
The film details the deteriorating state of an impoverished Gary neighborhood terrorized by a street gang called the Rebels. When the gang murders a local boy, it prompts the emergence of several individuals who grew up in the neighborhood: the original members of the Rebels.
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