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Fred Williamson
Tommy Gibbs
Julius Harris
Papa Gibbs
Gloria Hendry
Helen Bradley
Margaret Avery
Sister Jennifer
D'Urville Martin
Reverend Rufus
Tony King
Zach
Gerald Gordon
Mr. DiAngelo
James Dixon
Irish
Ty Randolph
Tough Bikini Woman
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Review 1DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Mon Apr 22 2019
Serious side-burns is back!
After the success of Black Caesar earlier in the year, this sequel was rushed into production to hopefully cash in on the clamour for Blaxploitation shenanigans. Sadly it's a rush job that is all too evidently half baked.
Plot has Fred Wiliamson return as Tommy Gibbs (resurrected from the dead apparently!), who takes on corrupt D.A. Diangelo (Gerald Gordon) whilst dealing with matters of the heart. Directed by Larry Cohen, it's with Cohen's frank honest views on the film that critique should start. He would say that Hell Up In Harlem is a 90 minutes montage mov...
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