Black Caesar
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Black Caesar is a 1973 blaxploitation crime film about a Harlem gangster’s rise and fall, directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blaxploitation film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James A. Contner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Larry Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Peter Honess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Rudy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tommy Gibbs’s father NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| followedBy | Hell Up in Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blaxploitation
ⓘ
crime ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSoundtrackAlbum | Black Caesar (soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ race and power in urban America ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Fred Williamson as Tommy Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tommy Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early blaxploitation gangster film set in Harlem ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film follows Harlem gangster Tommy Gibbs’s rise to power and eventual fall. ⓘ |
| portrays | the rise of a Black gangster in Harlem ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Larco Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEra | New Hollywood era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| scoreComposer | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequel | Hell Up in Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundtrackPerformedBy | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
D’Urville Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fred Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloria Hendry NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| title | Black Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Larry Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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