Black Caesar (film)

Black Caesar
Black Caesar
	Theatrical release poster
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	February 7, 1973;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million (US/ Canada rentals)

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