Sweet Jesus, Preacherman | |
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Directed by | Henning Schellerup |
Written by | John Cerullo M. Stuart Madden Abbey Leitch |
Produced by | Daniel Cady |
Starring |
Roger E. Mosley William Smith Michael Pataki |
Cinematography | Paul Hipp |
Edited by | Warren Hamilton Jr. |
Music by | Horace Tapscott |
Production companies | Capitol Cinema Entertainment Pyramid Inc. |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film directed by Henning Schellerup and written by John Cerullo, M. Stuart Madden and Abbey Leitch. The film stars Roger E. Mosley, William Smith, Michael Pataki, Tom Johnigarn, Joe Tornatore and Damu King. The film was released on May 25, 1973, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [1] [2] [3]
Holmes is a hitman who has nailed one victim after another. Having iced a large number of them, he is sent by his boss Martelli to infiltrate a section of the black quarter of the inner city. To do this, he becomes Reverend Lee, a Baptist preacher who comes to the local church to preach. Finding that other thugs are there, he decides to take the entire section for himself.
The movie’s poster inspired the album cover art for Scaring the Hoes, a collaborative studio album between JPEGMafia and Danny Brown. [4]