Black Caesar (1973)

Black Caesar (1973)

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Black Cæsar
Black Max
The Godfather of Harlem
Street Kill
T. Gibb - The Harlem Fighter

Tagline(s):

Hail Caesar, Godfather of Harlem...The Cat with the .45-Caliber Claws!

Nomination Year: 2004

SYNOPSIS: Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is a ghetto kid who grows us, and attempts to join the mob. They won't have him, so he arranges to have them all wiped out, and forms his own mob. A gang war erupts.

Kevin Hogan

Smithee Award Nominations

"Alas, Poor Yorick"
Amish Drive-By There are a quick sequence of deaths here, but even more amusing than the waiter who has no suggestions is the Amish Drive-By. ("What goes clip clop bang?")

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Larry Cohen	Director of many a Smithee film, and writer of many, many others, including Q, The Stuff and the It's Alive and Maniac Cop franchises. Created TV shows like "Branded" and "The Invaders" (in COLOR!). Brief cameo in Spies Like Us.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Fred Williamson	Tommy Gibbs	King of Blaxploitation. Known as "The Hammer." Except in 1990: Bronx Warriors, where he's "The Ogre" and Vic Morrow is "Hammer."
Gloria Hendry	Helen	The Black Bond Girl from Live and Let Die. As well as Sydney in Black Belt Jones and Sgt. Downey in Freaky Deaky.
D'Urville Martin	Reverend Rufus	Supporting actor who appeared in a handful of '70s blaxploitation flicks. Was Diego in Rosemary's Baby, Frankie in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and Amos in Boss Ni...uh... Let's not tempt the algorithm with that last word.
Art Lund	McKinney	Was a lead singer in the Benny Goodman Orchestra and originated Broadway's "The Most Happy Fella." Was in The Last American Hero, Bucktown, and Chopper One.
Julius Harris	Mr. Gibbs	Large and bald, one could consider him the Michael Clarke Duncan of his day. Was the hook-handed Tee Hee in Live and Let Die; Boan in King Kong (1976); Daniels in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and the Gravedigger in Darkman.
James Dixon	"Irish" Bryant	Pops up in small parts in a few B-Movies.
Phillip Roye	Joe Washington
Val Avery	Cardoza	Henry in The Magnificant Seven; Chief Halliwell in Cobra; Sgt. Gionfriddo in The Amityville Horror.


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