Black Caesar
“Hail Caesar Godfather of Harlem!”
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
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Part of Tommy Gibbs Collection
2 films
Cast
20 people
Fred Williamson
Tommy Gibbs
Known for
Starsky & Hutch
From Dusk Till Dawn
Gloria Hendry
Helen
Known for
Live and Let Die
Black Belt Jones
Art Lund
McKinney
Known for
The Molly Maguires
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
D'Urville Martin
Rev. Rufus
Known for
Rosemary's Baby
Dolemite
Julius Harris
Mr. Gibbs
Known for
Live and Let Die
King Kong
Minnie Gentry
Mama Gibbs
Known for
Def by Temptation
The Brother from Another Planet
Philip Roye
Joe Washington
Also in
The Sergeant
The Learning Tree
William Wellman Jr.
Alfred Coleman
Known for
It's Alive
The Born Losers
James Dixon
"Irish" Bryant
Known for
Q
The Stuff
Val Avery
Cardoza
Known for
Cobra
Papillon
Patrick McAllister
Grossfield
Known for
The Prophecy
It's Alive
Don Pedro Colley
"Craw"
Known for
THX 1138
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Larry Cohen Director · James Brown Composer Fenton Hamilton Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2M · United States release February 7, 1973 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Production
American International Pictures
Production
Larco Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 7, 1973
Theatrical
Germany
June 6, 1974 · Theatrical · cut version
June 27, 2022 · Physical · uncut version (re-rating)
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