Black Caesar

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R,1hr 34min

Genres:

Action,Drama

Release:

1973

Distributor:

MGM

Starring:

Cecil Alonzo, Margaret Avery, Val Avery ... More

Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis

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	Donald Guarisco, AMG Review This blaxploitation favorite delivers all the colorful action that fans of the genre crave as well as some surprisingly intense drama. Larry Cohen's script, which is loosely modeled on the gangster classic Little Caesar, delivers shootouts and fisticuffs galore, but devotes just as much time to exploring what pushed its driven main character into crime. Fred Williamson lives up to the character of ... Read Review

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	Omer Jeffrey Tommy as a Boy

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