Black Caesar
1973 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 4,064 VOTES · DIR. Larry Cohen
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 951 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:36 Say, man, how's about a shine, mister?
00:04:05 We'll be back in a minute.
00:08:19 Make it snappy. I gotta catch a four o'clock flight to Vegas.
00:11:49 - It was a clean job. - You call that a clean job?
00:14:19 Look at me
00:17:12 Once you've acquired possession of this material
00:21:47 And, Mr Coleman, here's something for your lovely wife, straight from Tiffany's.
00:25:14 The whole city is dangerous.
00:28:40 but you.
00:31:19 Do you believe my hands can heal? Heal the mind, heal the body, heal the soul.
00:34:05 You let niggers into your operation, you make fools of your people.
00:39:46 Gentlemen, good evening. Won't you sit down?
00:42:28 Let me hear you say "Hallelujah".
00:44:44 Pull over.
00:48:22 I'm gonna import some muscle from Detroit and Philly.
00:51:56 I'm fine.
00:56:10 Tommy, please. Don't kill him, Tommy. Please don't kill him. Tommy, wait.
01:00:01 You know damn well that Tommy and I have been in business.
01:06:36 I've paid the cost to be the boss
01:12:06 Now, let me take a look at that.
01:15:00 (gunshot)
01:23:09 Yeah.
01:27:00 Down and out in New York City
50:00:00 in addition to the books.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed951
Dialogue density10.1 lines / min
First line00:00:36
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorLarry Cohen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,064