Black Caesar
1973 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
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 payoff 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. He performs a free-lance hit on a Mob contract to attract the attention of the head of a Mafia family. Reluctantly accepted into 'The Family,' he grows increasingly autonomous and aggressive, eventually starting a gang war.
Direction Larry Cohen
Cast Fred Williamson · Gloria Hendry · Art Lund · D'Urville Martin · Julius Harris · Val Avery · Minnie Gentry · Philip Roye · James Dixon · Cecil Alonzo · Myrna Hansen
Soundtrack James Brown
Screenplay Larry Cohen
Cinematography Fenton Hamilton
Original title Black Caesar
5.9
251 votes (FilmAffinity)
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