The Black Gestapo

The Black Gestapo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLee Frost
Screenplay byLee Frost
Wes Bishop
Story byRonald K. Goldman
Lee Frost
Wes Bishop
Produced byWes Bishop
StarringRod Perry
Charles P. Robinson
CinematographyDerek Scott
Edited byJoanna Terbush
Music byAllan Alper[1]
Production
company
Saber Productions
Distributed byBryanston Distributing Company
Release date
  • March 1975 (1975-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Black Gestapo (Also Release in Some countries as (Ghetto Warriors) And (Black Enforcers) And (Black Vengeance) is a 1975 American independent blaxploitation crime film about a vigilante named General Ahmed, who starts an inner-city "People's Army" to protect the black citizens of Watts.[2][3][4] However, when the Army succeeds in chasing the mob out of town, Ahmed is replaced by his colleague Colonel Kojah, who reforms the movement into a National Socialist criminal organization in order to have complete control over the town.[5]

It was written and directed by Lee Frost, and stars Rod Perry, Charles P. Robinson, Phil Hoover, Ed Cross and features a cameo from Russ Meyer regular Uschi Digard. It depicts African-American men dressed as Nazis and contains many scenes of violence (including genital mutilation) and soft-core nudity.[6]

Cast

  • Rod Perry as General Ahmed
  • Charles P. Robinson as Colonel Kojah
  • Phil Hoover as Vito
  • Ed Cross as Delmay
  • Angela Brent as Marsha
  • Wes Bishop as Ernest
  • Lee Frost as Vincent
  • Dona Desmond as White whore
  • Charles Howerton as Joe
  • Rai Tasco as Dr. Lisk
  • David Bryant as Dope Pusher
  • J. Christopher Sullivan as T. V. Owner
  • Susan Randolph as Vincent's Girl
  • Colin Male as Newscaster
  • Gene Russell as Gambler
  • Uschi Digard as Kojah's Girl
  • Chuck Wells as Trooper
  • Bill Quinn as The Accountant
  • Tim Wade as Hood
  • Roger Gentry as Hood

Critical responses

Writing in AllMovie, critic Donald Guarisco wrote that the film "lives up [to] the offensive potential of its title by cramming every bit of nastiness it can muster into its short running time," and that although it "is socially irresponsible [...] At its best, it's even inspired in a very twisted sort of way."[7] Critic Matthew Roe wrote in Under the Radar magazine that the "nazi iconography in this film is as subtle as the apocolypse," that "everything about this film screams 70s action schlock," and although "there are scattershot moments of interesting introspection, the movie keeps the dial cranked up and keeps cheap thrills coming its entire runtime."[8]

Versions The Film Was Release First in the U.K. In November 1981 by IVER Films Services Ltd (IFS) released it using the Original Title (The Black Gestapo) IVER was Using the American 1975 Cinema print, in The Next year 1982 Iver Release it Using the Same title has the First release but with Different Packaging And The Print Uses the Same Print Has the 1981 Release Under 81mins. In 1986 The Independent Video Distributor AVR Home Entertainment Re-Released it in 1986 Using the Alternative Title (Ghetto Warriors) With Cuts Under 80mins, AVR Release it Has a Post-Cert (Post Cert Means’s the British VHS tapes Were Passed by the BBFC And Passed with like U,PG,15,18, and 12 (But 12 Was not Used in the mid1980s only the 1990s) and AVR Released Ghetto Warriors On a Big Box Ex-Rental and Cardboard Box Release. In June 23 1987 Network Distribution (MIDS) Ltd Re-Release it Using the Same Ghetto Warriors Cut Print but only release it on The Big Box Ex-Rental Only.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allan Alper – The Black Gestapo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs
  2. ↑ The Black Gestapo at The Grindhouse Cinema Database
  3. ↑ "The Black Gestapo (1975)" at DAARAC (Department of Afro–American Research and Culture, December 11, 2008)
  4. ↑ Decker, Nathan. "The Black Gestapo (1975)" (Million Monkey Theater B–Movie Reviews, January 2010)
  5. ↑ "Walker, David. "blaxploitation archive – THE BLACK GESTAPO" (April 12, 2014)". Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ Strack, Nathan. "The Black Gestapo (1975)" at Awesome B Movies (June 11, 2015)
  7. ↑ Guarisco, Donald. "The Black Gestapo (1975)". Allmovie. Netaktion LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ Roe, Matthew. "Soul Team Six". Under the Radar. Under the Radar Magazine. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
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