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Boss Nigger (1974)

Director: Jack Arnold

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From Time Out Film Guide

Williamson parodies his own star image from numerous violent black movies in this cod Western which he wrote for his own production company. Bounty hunter Williamson, self-appointed sheriff of terrorised San Miguel, having outsmarted the cowardly white mayor and extricated himself from romance with an orphaned black girl and a nubile Boston schoolmarm, despatches villainous William Smith with a sawn-off rifle. Cobbled together as though made for TV, this is an entertaining mix of clichéd lines delivered straightfaced and an invigorating dose of old-fashioned bloodless violence. Despite moments of glutinous sentimentality, an interesting and intermittently amusing black picture.

Author: JPy 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • boss nigger himself said...
    Posted on Jun 23 2009 08:32 Long Live the Boss
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  • dustin morris said...
    Posted on Sep 22 2008 10:28 best movie ever made. i think ive never pissed my pants before i seen his. i wish they would remake this movie.
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Cast & crew

Director: Jack Arnold

Producer: Jack Arnold, Fred Williamson

Cast: Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, RG Armstrong, William Smith, Carmen Hayworth, Barbara Leigh full cast

Genre(s): Westerns

Duration: 92 mins

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