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Black Caesar

Black Caesar

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 7, 1973

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

User Score

59%

Original Title

Black Caesar

Production Companies

American International Pictures, Larco Productions

Director

Larry Cohen

Description

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.