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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.




Plot


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.




Cast


Roger E. Mosley as Holmes / Lee
William Smith as Martelli
Michael Pataki as State Senator Sills
Tom Johnigarn as Eddie Stoner
Joe Tornatore as Joey
Damu King as Sweetstick
Marla Gibbs as Beverly Solomon
Sam Laws as Deacon Greene
Phil Hoover as George Orr
Paul Silliman as Roy
Chuck Lyles as Detroit Charlie
Norman Fields as Police Captain
Della Thomas as Foxey
Amentha Dymally as Mrs. Greene
Patricia Edwards as Marion Hicks
Chuck Douglas Jr. as Lenny Solomon
Vincent LaBauve as Bobby Thompson
Chuck Wells as Eli Stoner
Betty Coleman as Maxine Gibbs
Lou Jackson as Randy Gibbs
Lillian Tarry as Mother Gibbs
T.C. Ellis as Earl Saunders
Lee Frost as 1st Policeman
Joanne Bruno as Widow Foster (as Jo Ann Bruno)
K.D. Friend as Funeral Minister
Gordon James as Restaurant Hood
Billy Quinn as Sweetstick's Bodyguard




Legacy


The movie’s poster inspired the album cover art for Scaring the Hoes, a collaborative studio album between JPEGMafia and Danny Brown.




See also


List of American films of 1973




References






External links


Sweet Jesus, Preacherman at IMDb

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• Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
• Scaring the Hoes
• Roger E. Mosley
• William Smith (actor)
• Marla Gibbs
• Michael Pataki
• List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1970–1979)
• Robert Lee Minor
• List of films: S
• List of blaxploitation films