Back Black Caesar Welsh Der Pate von Harlem German El padrino de Harlem Spanish Black Caesar, le parrain de Harlem French Black Caesar - Il Padrino nero Italian Black Caesar Portuguese Black Caesar (film) Serbo-Croatian Чорний Цезар (фільм) Ukrainian
| Black Caesar | |
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| Directed by | Larry Cohen |
| Written by | Larry Cohen |
| Produced by | Larry Cohen |
| Starring | Fred Williamson Gloria Hendry D'Urville Martin Julius Harris |
| Cinematography | Fenton Hamilton |
| Edited by | George Folsey Jr. |
| Music by | James Brown |
Production company | Larco Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1][2][3] |
Black Caesar (stylized as Black Cæsar and released in UK cinemas as Godfather of Harlem) is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry and Julius Harris. It features a musical score (Black Caesar) by James Brown (with heavy input from his bandleader Fred Wesley), his first experience with writing music for film. A sequel titled Hell Up in Harlem was released in late 1973.[4]
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
- ^ Samuel Z Arkoff & Richard Turbo, Flying Through Hollywood By the Seat of My Pants, Birch Lane Press, 1992 p 203
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ Gary A. Smith, The American International Pictures Video Guide, McFarland 2009 p 25