Black Caesar is a 1973 blaxploitation film written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson.
Plot[]
Growing up on the tough streets of Harlem, Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) has his life made even harder by John McKinney (Art Lund), a crooked cop who breaks the boy's leg, crippling him for life. Drawing on his anger at the racism he faces on a daily basis, Tommy grows up to become the crime kingpin of Harlem. Now that he has the power, he aims to take down New York's Mafia bosses and also get bloody revenge on his nemesis, McKinney, no matter what the cost.
Cast[]
- Fred Williamson as Tommy Gibbs
- Omer Jeffery as Young Tommy Gibbs
- Gloria Hendry as Helen Bradley
- Art Lund as Captain Jack McKinney
- D'Urville Martin as Reverend Rufus
- Julius Harris as Mr. Gibbs
- Minnie Gentry as Mama Gibbs
- Philip Roye as Joe "The Brain" Washington
- Michael Jeffery as Young Joe Washington
- William Wellman Jr. as Alfred Coleman
- James Dixon as "Irish" Bryant
- Val Avery as Cardoza
- Patrick McAllister as Grossfield
- Don Pedro Colley as "Crawdaddy"
- Myrna Hansen as Virginia Coleman