Black Samson (1974)
Every brother's friend. Every mother's enemy.
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.
- Date of release
- 1974-08-14
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Director
- Charles Bail
Casting
- Rockne Tarkington — Samson
- William Smith — Johnny Nappa
- Connie Strickland — Tina
- Carol Speed — Leslie
- Michael Payne — Arthur
- Joe Tornatore — Harry
- Titos Vandis — Joseph Nappa
- Napoleon Whiting — Old Henry
- John Alderman — Michael Briggs
- Fred Scheiwiller — Charlie Frisco
- Ernest Robinson — Ragamuffin
- Nick Dimitri — Milo
Interesting facts
Black Samson is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Rockne Tarkington, Carol Speed, 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. It was the directorial debut for Bail, more commonly billed as Chuck Bail, a renowned stunt co-ordinator best known for playing himself in Richard Rush's The Stunt Man.
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