Black Caesar
[Chicago, Illinois] : Olive Films, [2015]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Description: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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 payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in New York City's Harlem. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
Other Authors:
Cohen, Larry, 1936-2019, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Hendry, Gloria, 1949- actor.
Williamson, Fred, actor.
Martin, D'Urville, 1939-1984, actor.
Harris, Julius W., actor.
Lund, Art, actor.
Avery, Val, actor.
Olive Films, publisher.
Cohen, Larry, 1936-2019, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Hendry, Gloria, 1949- actor.
Williamson, Fred, actor.
Martin, D'Urville, 1939-1984, actor.
Harris, Julius W., actor.
Lund, Art, actor.
Avery, Val, actor.
Olive Films, publisher.
Subjects:
Mafia -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
Organized crime -- Drama.
African American boys -- Violence against -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Police brutality -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
Mafia -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
Organized crime -- Drama.
African American boys -- Violence against -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Police brutality -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
UPC: 887090107501
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD AF AM Black | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Blu-ray Disc | In |
BD AF AM Black | Southeast | Blu-ray Disc | In |
Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1973.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Includes trailer.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Blu-ray disc.
Cinematography, Fenton Hamilton; music, James Brown; editor, Geroge Folsey Jr.
Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Julius W Harris, D'urville Martin, Val Avery, Art Lund.
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); dts.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Includes trailer.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Blu-ray disc.
Cinematography, Fenton Hamilton; music, James Brown; editor, Geroge Folsey Jr.
Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Julius W Harris, D'urville Martin, Val Avery, Art Lund.
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); dts.