Black Caesar

Black Caesar

R
Overview:

Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

Released: 1973-02-07
Duration: 01:34:00
Director: Larry Cohen
Writer: Larry Cohen
Keywords: Beaten By A Cop Leg In Traction Male Star Appears Nude Power Criminal Gang War New York City Mob Mafia Red Wine Female Frontal Nudity Police Officer Strangulated Kissing While Having Sex Opening Action Scene Shootout Tough Guy Social Commentary Harlem Manhattan New York City Blood Violence Underworld Swimming Pool Street Straight Razor Shot To Death Shot In The Forehead Rape Shoeshine Boy Cigar Smoking Self Destructiveness Sex Scene Year 1953 Shoe Shine Shot Multiple Times Mob Execution Set Up For Murder Underwear Hanging On A Clothes Line Switchblade Corrupt Cop Year 1965 Praying Barber Shave Limping Mauser Cut From Shaving Truck Explosion Spaghetti Dinner Massacre Chianti Mp 40 Machine Gun Billiard Ball Eating A Hot Dog Lighting A Cigarette Ledger Playing Piano Female Singer Adding Machine Stock Portfolio Sunset Cityscape Fur Coat Breakfast In Bed Mother Son Relationship Maid Dancing Reference To Abraham Lincoln Gift Wrapped Present Sandwich Buffet Machine Gunned Hiding In A Trunk Female Topless Nudity Thrown Down Stairs Mob Takeover Pile Of Rubble Cadillac Fleetwood Slapped In The Face Reference To Bergdorf Goodman Peace Hand Gesture Visiting Mother's Grave Walking Wounded Bodyguard Passionate Kiss Female Star Appears Nude Strangled Ambulance American Flag Driving On The Sidewalk Rise And Fall Of A Gangster Shot In The Belly Gun Held To Head Shot Point Blank Water Fountain Hit On The Head Over And Over Reference To Al Jolson Mugged Abandoned Building Year 1972 Female Nudity Blackface Limping Man Man Hits A Woman Forced To Sing Horse And Carriage Corrupt Policeman Mob Boss Color In Title Two Word Title September 5 1953 October 23 1965 Kiss Villain As Protagonist Manhattan New York City Weapon Shot In The Head Shooting Shoeshine Severed Ear Ruthlessness Rise And Fall Revenge Racism Politics Political Corruption Murder Of A Police Officer Police Corruption Police Brutality Organized Crime Murder Montage Money Mob Violence Mob Hit Mob Enforcer Machine Gun Love Loss Of Mother Loss Of Friend Loss Of Control Limp Lawyer Jealousy Italian Italian Mafia Italian American Insult Inner City Hitman Handheld Camera Gun Guerrilla Filmmaking Gift Funeral Friend Fear Father Son Relationship Death Death Of Title Character Dead Man Cult Movie Cast Cult Film Cruelty Criminal Underworld Criminal Syndicate Criminal Gang Crime Boss Corruption Cop-killer Convicted Felon Color Remake Of Black And White Film California Brutality Blood Splatter Blacks Versus Italians Betrayal Beating Barber Barber Shop Assassin Assassination Assassination Attempt Apartment Anti Hero Anger 1970s 1950s Police Irish American Absent Father African American Gangster Remake Independent Film
Description

Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in New York City's Harlem. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage. He performs a free-lance hit on a Mob contract to attract the attention of the head of a Mafia family. Reluctantly accepted into 'The Family,' he grows increasingly autonomous and aggressive, eventually starting a gang war.

Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.

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