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Black Caesar

1973, Movie, R, 93 mins

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Writer-director Larry Cohen (Phone Booth) tapped into the burgeoning blaxploitation market with this clever and entertaining paean to such traditional gangster films as Little Caesar and the original Scarface. Fred Williamson stars as Tommy Gibb, a black errand-boy for white mobsters who murders his way to the top of the heap while his personal life crumbles. Read the complete review for Black Caesar
Year: 1973
Rated R

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Cast
Fred Williamson: Tommy Gibbs
Philip Roye: Joe Washington
Gloria Hendry: Helen
Julius Harris: Papa Gibbs
Val Avery: Cardoza
Minnie Gentry: Mama Gibbs

 

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Well, you certainly can't say nothing happened this week, huh? Caesar, in Egypt, has to deal with boy-king Ptolemy, Cleopatra's brother. ("I think I can handle a small boy and an eunuch," he says when asked if sticking around to "settle things" is a good idea after being presented with Pompey's head as a gift.) Of course he can, and how bad do we want to see him give that annoying little gnat a good slap, kick or series of both? But we get something better — a brilliantly done fight scene when Lucius and Pullo are sent to rescue Cleo from the assassins her little brother hired, followed by a hilarious sex scene and its aftermath when she demands Lucius sleep with her, and he sends Pullo in to do the deed. And it doesn't slow down from there. She manages to look amazing when dumped out of a piece of burlap and onto the floor. And it's clear that Caesar, and read more

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