Black Samson


Black Samson is a 1974 Cinema of [the United States|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.

Plot

Armed with a quarterstaff and his pet African lion named Hoodoo, noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a stand against Nappa and his flunkies.

Cast