Black Caesar









Black Caesar (1973)
AIP Production #7230 / 7235
Jeff and Cheryl learn how to break into organized crime and effortlessly become the boss in Black Caesar.
Written, Produced and Directed by Larry Cohen
Cast:
Fred Williamson as Tommy Gibbs
Gloria Hendry as Helen
Art Lund as McKinney
D’Urville Martin as Reverend Rufus
Julius W. Harris as Mr. Gibbs
Minnie Gentry as Momma Gibbs
Phillip Roye as Joe
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)
Allen W. Bailey as “Motor”
Cecil Alonzo as “Sport”
Francisco DeGracia as Cab Driver
Larry Lurin as Carlos
A Larco Production
An American International Release
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)