Directed by Larry Cohen   Written by Larry Cohen   Cast Fred Williamson ... Tommy Gibbs Gloria Hendry ... Helen Art Lund ... McKinney D'Urville Martin ... Rev. Rufus Julius Harris ... Mr. Gibbs (as Julius W. Harris) Minnie Gentry ... Momma Gibbs Philip Roye ... Joe Washington William Wellman Jr. ... Alfred Coleman James Dixon ... 'Irish' Bryant Val Avery ... Cardoza Patrick McAllister ... Grossfield Don Pedro Colley ... Crawdaddy Myrna Hansen ... Virginia Coleman Omer Jeffrey ... Tommy - as a Boy Michael Jeffrey ... Joe - as a Boy Allan Bailey ... 'Motor' (as Allen W. Bailey) Cecil Alonzo ... 'Sport' Francisco De Gracia ... Cab Driver (as Francisco DeGracia) Larry Lurin ... Carlos Uncredited Cast Andrew Duggan ... Man at Shoeshine Woni Spotts ... Girl in the Crowd Produced by Larry Cohen   James Dixon   Benjamin Fisz   Kenneth Rive   Peter Sabiston   Janelle Webb   Original Music by James Brown

Additional Info Premiere: February 07, 1973 DVD Release: January 09, 2001 Blu-ray Release: September 22, 2015 Country: Distributor: Olive Films Websites: Alternate Titles Black Max Street Kill The Godfather Of Harlem Production Companies American International Pictures (AIP) Larco Productions (copyright holder) Distributors American International Pictures (AIP)   (1973) (USA) (theatrical) Orion Home Video   (1988) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (1999) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1999) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Olive Films   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) Olive Films   (2015) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,288 / 21,127 Site Ranking #6,284 Revenge Of The Nerds IV: Nerds In Love (1994) #6,285 The Mummy's Tomb (1942) #6,286 Frosty Returns (1992) #6,287 Island Of Terror (1966) #6,288 Black Caesar (1973) #6,289 The Guyver 2: Dark Hero (1994) #6,290 Malevolence (2004) #6,291 Sorority House Massacre (1986) #6,292 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003)