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Super Fly

Never a dude like this one! He's got a plan to stick it to The Man!
Never a dude like this one! He's got a plan to stick it to The Man!
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller - 1972
Super Fly
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Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.
Director:
,
Gordon Parks Jr.
Cast:
,
Julius Harris
,
Ron O'Neal
,
Carl Lee
,
Nate Adams
,
Sheila Frazier
,
Charles McGregor
,
Polly Niles
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Yvonne Delaine
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Henry Shapiro
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K.C.

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Details

Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
4 Aug 1972
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$500,000
Revenue:
$30,000,000
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
One of the most successful of the early '70s blaxploitation cycle.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A very good movie.
– Roger Greenspun,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Super Fly, one of the most significant blaxploitation films ever made, is as fascinatingly entertaining as it is ethically wrongheaded.
– Douglas Pratt,
Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb 2004
fresh:
Gordon Parks Jr. was one of the greatest casualties of the collapse of blaxploitation cinema, a director with a distinctive, tightly packed visual style nd a remarkably bitter vision for this supposedly escapist genre.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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