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BLACK CAESAR

U.S., 1973
Directed by Larry Cohen
With Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Julius Harris, D'Urville Martin

Music by James Brown
Approx. 87 min. 35mm.

“The cat with the .45 caliber claws.” A '30s-style gangster melodrama starring ex-footballer Fred Williamson — one of the era’s true macho icons — as a power hungry kid turned Harlem mobster.

Presented with support from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Fund

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