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The Black Godfather Credits and Details

Directed by
	John Evans
Written by
	John Evans
Cast
	Rod Perry	...	J. J.
	Damu King	...	Diablo
	Don Chastain	...	Tony Burton
	Diane Sommerfield	...	Yvonne
	Jimmy Witherspoon	...	Nate
	Duncan McLeod	...	Lt. Joe Sterling
	Tony Burton	...	Sonny Spyder Brown
	Anny Green	...	Honey
	John Alderman	...	Cockroach
	Betsee Finlee	...	Junkie (as Betsy Finley)
	Ken Bell	...	Eddie
	Cinque Attucks	...	Winston
	Tom Scott	...	Newscaster
	Ricardo Brown	...	Danny
	Kathryn Jackson	...	Mrs. Brown
	Charles Lampkin	...	Danny's Father
	Herbert Jefferson Jr.	...	Tommy
	Dion Jackson	...	Man in Phone Booth
	Ernie Lee Banks	...	Cabbage (as Ernie Banks)
	Randy Williams	...	Niah
	Mary Vivian
	Lee Pulford
	Sue Woodson
	Phillip Clark
	Phillip Roye	...	Community Enforcer
	Richard Schuyler	...	(as Dick Schuyler)
	William Stevens	...	(as Will Stevens)
	David Fields
	M. James Arnett	...	(as Jim Arnett)
	Jack Oliver
	James Christopher	...	(as Jim Christopher)
	Willie Watkins
	Ken Springs
	Henry G. Sanders	...	(as Henry Sanders)
Produced by
	John Evans	...	producer
	Jerry Gross	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Martin Yarbrough

Additional Info
Premiere:	August 15, 1974
DVD Release:	January 22, 2002
Country:
Distributor:	Synergy Entertainment
Websites:

Ratings
4.4 / 10

Alternate Titles
Street War

Production Companies
Cougnar Productions

Distributors
Cinemation Industries (1974) (United States) (theatrical)
Alpha Video Distributors (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Alpha Video Distributors (2011) (United States) (DVD)
BCI Eclipse I (2001) (United States) (exclusively distributed by) (DVD)
Brentwood Home Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
Catcom Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (2003) (United States) (DVD)
Film Detective (2015) (United States) (DVD)
Gemstone Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
Homestead Entertainment (2023) (World-wide)
Magnum Entertainment (1986) (United States) (VHS)
Mill Creek Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Miracle Pictures (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Passion Productions (2003) (United States) (DVD)
Pave TV (2025) (World-wide)
Platinum Disc (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Xenon Entertainment Group (1996) (United States) (VHS)
Xenon Entertainment Group (2004) (United States) (DVD)

Filming Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA

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