Ron O'Neal
Priest
Search results
People also ask
Is Super Fly a blaxploitation movie?
Was Superfly remade?
When did Super Fly TNT come out?
Who played Georgia in Super Fly?
Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation neo-noir crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business.
Aug 4, 1972 · Super Fly: Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.. With Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris. The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.
- (8.6K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Gordon Parks Jr.
- 1972-08-04
Super Fly looks authentic: the Harlem settings, the streets and alleyways, the bars, and the tenements all paint an overriding bleak vision of urban decay, new terrain and a new kind of social realism for commercial cinema. It's a war zone with corrupt drug kingpins and their pushers.
- Gordon Parks Jr., Candace Allen, Kurt Baker
- Ron O'neal
Super Fly (1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Super Fly. 1972 · 1 hr 32 min. R. Action · Crime · Drama. A Harlem cocaine dealer’s million-dollar score is gummed up when corrupt cops working for the Mob learn of his plan and try to partner with him. Subtitles: English. Starring: Ron O'Neal Carl Lee Sheila Frazier Julius Harris. Directed by: Gordon Parks Jr.
- Gordon Parks Jr.
- January 1, 1972
Aug 4, 2022 · The movie's gritty, authentic depiction of street life and its flamboyant lead character created archetypes that have inspired legions of future storytellers and musicians.
Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie, Priest devises a scheme that will allow him to make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate street dealer informs the police of Priest's activities, Priest is forced into an uncomfortable arrangement with corrupt narcotics officers.
