
Black Caesar
by Fred Williamson (Tommy Gibbs),
Art Lund (McKinney),
Julius W. Harris (Mr. Gibbs,Mr. Gibbs),
Gloria Hendry (Helen),
D'Urville Martin (Rev. Rufus),
Val Avery (Cardoza,Actor),
William Wellman Jr. (Alfred Coleman),
Philip Roye (Joe Washington),
Minnie Gentry (Mama Gibbs),
James Dixon (Bryant),
Myrna Hansen (Virgina Coleman),
Don Pedro Colley (Crawdaddy),
Patrick MacAllister (Crossfield),
Cecil Alonzo (Motor),
Allen Balley (Sport),
Omer Jeffrey (Tommy as a Boy,Joe as a Boy),
Francisco DeGracia (Cab Driver),
Larry Lurin (Carlos),
Patrick McAllister (Actor),
Pam Grier (Actor),
Larry Cohen (Director,Producer,Screenwriter),
Larry Cohen (Director,Screenwriter),
Peter Sabiston (Executive Producer),
Peter Sabiston (Executive Producer),
George Folsey Jr. (Editor),
Fenton Hamilton (Cinematographer),
James Signorelli (Cinematographer),
Larry Lurin (Art Director,Production Designer),
Mike Corey (Casting),
Rick Baker (Special Effects),
James Brown (Composer),
James Brown (Composer),
Alex Vandekar (Sound/Sound Designer)
Format: DVD
ISBN: 887090107402
Publication Date: 09/22/2015
Edition Description: Color / Wide Screen
Cult director Larry Cohen (It's Alive) directed this violent blaxploitation film. Nasty racist John McKinney cripples a black shoeshine boy, who grows up to be Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson), the Godfather of Harlem. The crimelord now has his tormentor McKinney (Art Lund) in his pocket, based on the cop's mob ties. Tommy's traitorous girlfriend Helen (Gloria Hendry) hands over the evidence, and McKinney moves in for the kill. But he may have underestimated the violent Tommy, who makes him shine his shoes in blackface while singing "Mammy." Rick Baker provided makeup effects, and James Brown did the music for this bloody oddity, followed the same year by Hell Up in Harlem. Cohen and Williamson got together 23 years later for an interesting (if unsuccessful) attempt at reviving the genre, Original Gangstas.
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