Hell Up in Harlem

Hell Up in Harlem
Theatrical release poster by John Solie
Directed byLarry Cohen
Written byLarry Cohen
Produced byLarry Cohen
StarringFred Williamson
Margaret Avery
Julius Harris
Gloria Hendry
D'Urville Martin
CinematographyFenton Hamilton
Edited byFranco Guerri
Peter Honess
Music byEdwin Starr
Production
company
Larco Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • December 16, 1973 (1973-12-16)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,550,000[1]

Hell Up in Harlem is a 1973 blaxploitation American neo-noir film,[2] starring Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry. Written and directed by Larry Cohen, it is a sequel to the film Black Caesar.

The film's soundtrack was recorded by Edwin Starr and released by Motown Records in January 1974.

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; Ursini, James; Porfirio, Robert (2010). Film Noir: The Encyclopaedia. Overlook Duckworth (New York). ISBN 978-1-59020-144-2.

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