Hell Up in Harlem
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Hell Up in Harlem

Duration:
94 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
6.1
Director:
Larry Cohen
Details
Country: USA
Filming Locations: Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
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
Bobby Ramsen
Joe Frankfurter
James Dixon
Irish
Esther Sutherland
The Cook
Charles MacGuire
Hap
Ty Randolph
Tough Bikini Woman (as Mindi Miller)
Al Kirk
Gangster (uncredited)
Janelle Webb
Maid (uncredited)
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Trivia
Larry Cohen filmed some of the scenes with the same crew and equipment as It's Alive (1974), and due to Fred Williamson's other commitments he had to make most of the film with a stand-in, Williamson himself only really appearing in the close-ups. The close-ups were filmed in LA, where Williamson was based, and the rest of the film was shot on location in New York.
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Due to the success of Black Caesar (1973), AIP wanted a sequel. Unfortunately, Fred Williamson was filming That Man Bolt (1973) during the week from Monday to Friday, and director Larry Cohen was busy making It's Alive (1974), but they made this sequel concurrently by filming the majority of it on weekends.
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James Brown was originally slated to do the music after his work on Black Caesar (1973) was so well received, but Larry Cohen rejected the music Brown recorded. Subsequently, the music was done by Motown artist Edwin Starr and Brown's rejected music was used for the album, "The Payback".
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Goofs
When Gibbs is fighting another man on the baggage carousel at the airport, people can be seen running away as a voice on the intercom begins calling for security. A gun is pulled as the two men fight up the luggage ramp to the loading area, where Gibbs shoots the man and he falls onto the luggage carrier. When he slides back down onto the carousel, not only are there no bullet hole or blood anywhere on the dead man, but all the people are back to standing around waiting for their luggage, and don't seem the least bit bothered by the fact that gunshots have been going off, or that a dead man is mixed in with their luggage. In fact, one man completely ignores the body once he recognizes his suitcase and steps out from behind the barrier to retrieve it.
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