Black Caesar
Feb 07, 1973 | IMDB 5.9
94 min Watch NowAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 pay-off 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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IMDB 5.8 | Feb , 1974
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IMDB 5.4 | Jun , 1995
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IMDB 4.3 | Jun , 1976
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IMDB 6.3 | May , 1970
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 1991
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IMDB 6 | Dec , 1975
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".Slaughter's Big Rip Off
IMDB 4.8 | Aug , 1973
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IMDB 4.7 | Oct , 1974
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IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 1979
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IMDB 4 | Nov , 1978
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IMDB 4.6 | Sep , 1974
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IMDB 3.8 | Jun , 1976
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IMDB 3.8 | Jul , 1976
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IMDB 3.9 | Nov , 1974
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IMDB 3 | Sep , 1977
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2016
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IMDB 5.6 | Dec , 1973
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IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1974
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IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 1976
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IMDB 5.5 | Nov , 1975
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