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Black Caesar

5.8 94 mins Action   Crime   Drama   Thriller   1973
American International Pictures   Larco Productions  
Director(s): Larry Cohen

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.

Casts of Black Caesar

Fred Williamson

as Tommy Gibbs

Gloria Hendry

as Helen

Art Lund

as McKinney

D'Urville Martin

as Rev. Rufus

Julius Harris

as Mr. Gibbs

Minnie Gentry

as Mama Gibbs

Philip Roye

as 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 "Craw"

Myrna Hansen

as Virginia Coleman

Omer Jeffrey

as Tommy (as a boy)

Michael Jeffrey

as Joe (as a boy)

Allan Bailey

as "Motor"

Cecil Alonzo

as "Sport"

Francisco De Gracia

as Cab Driver

Larry Lurin

as Carlos

Andrew Duggan

as Man at Shoeshine (uncredited)

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