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Writer:
Fred Williamson (writer)
Release Date:
18 August 1975 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
White Man's Town... Black Man's Law! more
Plot:
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff... more | add synopsis
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Funny comedy/western showcases "Boss" Williamson more (12 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Fred Williamson | ... | Boss Nigger | |
| D'Urville Martin | ... | Amos | |
| William Smith | ... | Jed Clayton | |
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | Mayor Griffin | |
| Don 'Red' Barry | |||
| Barbara Leigh | ... | Miss Pruitt | |
| Carmen Hayworth | ... | Clara Mae | |
| Carmen Zapata | ... | Margarita | |
| Bruce Gordon | ... | Storekeeper | |
| Ben Zeller | ... | Blacksmith | |
| Sonny Robbins | ... | Bad Foot | |
| Don Hayes | ... | Park | |
| Jonathan Barnes | ... | Drunk | |
| Sonny Cooper | ... | Wash lady | |
| Phil Mead | ... | Mayor's man |
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Also Known As:
Boss
The Black Bounty Hunter
The Black Bounty Killer (UK)
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87 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Filming Locations:
Eaves Movie Ranch - 105 Rancho Alegre Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA more
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Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005) (V) more
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This is a good, solid B movie; not a great western, but a satisfying "blaxploitation" flick mostly because the humor is well done. Not only do the actors bring out the best in the material, but the material (by Williamson himself, who would soon make the jump to directing but on this film hired veteran pro Arnold) is not bad itself.
Boss Ni**er includes a blaring title track that includes the immortal lines "he's a boss niiiiiiiggggaa" in what sounds like a white dude's best impression of Marvin Gaye. Its story concerns the Boss and his sidekick, played to perfection by Durville Martin of Dolemite fame ("I love those fat women" says his character, never knowing the trouble he could get into.....), as ex-slaves who "decided to hunt white folks for a change" and went out West to become bounty hunters. The plot follows the Yojimbo mold, even including a hastily assembled opportunity for Williamson to be captured and beaten near to death by the villains, only to recuperate and return for the final bloodbath.
Like so many of Williamson and Martin's films, the appeal of the film comes from their charisma and the humorous ways they interact with the other, more straight, characters of the film. Thus, even though the plot and structure are predictable, many individual scenes are very funny and entertaining. Unfortunately, the action is not very well done. There is a PG rating, and it's pretty violent considering this, but it keeps the film from rising into the realm of, say "Il Grande Silencio" or "Fistful of Dollars", to which it is very similar; Williamson and Co. seem to have gone instead for comedy.
The film is a success at reaching its modest goals, a good time for the audience letting off some tensions with a historically based race battle.
Also contains one of the greatest exit lines ever: "There's nothing worse for a black man that to drag around a white b*tch".