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Film / 1972
Super Fly
Directed by
Gordon Parks Jr.
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.
The story
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.
In the same saga
Super Fly Trilogy
In release order
Cast
Ron O'NealPriest
Carl LeeEddie
Sheila FrazierGeorgia
Charles McGregorFat Freddie
Julius HarrisScatter
Polly NilesCynthia
Nate AdamsDealer
Yvonne DelaineMrs. Freddie
Henry ShapiroRobbery Victim
K.C.Pimp
James G. RichardsonJunkie
Make BrayJunkie
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Sig ShoreDeputy Commissioner
Al KigginsPolice
Bob BondsPolice
Fred OttavianoPolice
Alex StevensPolice
Harry MansonPolice
Floyd LevinePolice
Chris ArnettCoke Buyer
Cecil AlonzoMilitant
Gene ChambersMilitant
John WilliamsMilitant
E. Preston ReddickKarate Instructor
Lorraine HornMother In Apartment
Nick SandsContracted Man
Bob RichardsContracted Man
Nita MichaelsHooker
Vicki McLaughlinHooker
Curtis MayfieldSelf (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
Henry GibsonSelf (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
Lucky ScottSelf (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
Craig McMullenSelf (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
Tyrone McCulloughSelf (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
Craig P. CampbellChild in Apartment (uncredited)
Alexander Williams-GreenCrew Member (archive footage) (uncredited)
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