Hell Up in Harlem (1973)

Directors

Larry Cohen

Cast

Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery

The story

Having survived the assassination attempt at the end of Black Caesar, Tommy Gibbs takes on corrupt New York District Attorney James DiAngelo, who had sought to jail Gibbs and his father, Papa Gibbs, in order to monopolize the illicit drug trade. Gibbs decides to eliminate drug pushing from the streets of Harlem, while continuing to carry out his other illicit enterprises. Gibbs falls in love with Sister Jennifer, a woman who works with Reverend Rufus, a former pimp who has found a religious calling.

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