Black Samson
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Black Samson (1974, USA) is a Blaxploitation-Crime film directed by
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Main Details
- Released in 1974
- Color
- Runtime: 98 min
- Rated R
- Distribution Co: Warner Brothers
- Production Co: Omni Pictures
- Directed by Charles Bail
- Written by Warren Hamilton Jr.
- Produced by Daniel Cady
- Music by Allen Toussaint
- Cinematography by Henning Schellerup
- Editing by Duane Hartzell
- Art Direction by Ed Cosby
- Starring: Rockne Tarkington, William Smith, Connie Strickland, Carol Speed, Michael Payne.
Tagline
- Every Brother's Friend. Every Mother's Enemy.
Synopsis
Black Samson is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Rockne Tarkington, William Smith and Connie Strickland. The film was written by Daniel B. Cady and Warren Hamilton Jr., directed by Charles Bail and released by Warner Bros. Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.