Black Caesar
- Released on
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
•- Runtime
- 94 mins
(70 votes)
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 pay-off 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.
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 pay-off 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.
Cast
- Fred Williamson
- Gloria Hendry
- Art Lund
- D'Urville Martin
- Julius Harris
- Minnie Gentry
- Philip Roye
- William Wellman Jr.
- James Dixon
- Val Avery
- Patrick McAllister
- Don Pedro Colley
- Myrna Hansen
- Omer Jeffrey
- Michael Jeffrey
- Allan Bailey
- Cecil Alonzo
- Francisco De Gracia
- Larry Lurin
- Andrew Duggan
Director
- Larry Cohen
Producers
- Larry Cohen
- Benjamin Fisz
- Kenneth Rive