''The Soul of Nigger Charley'' is a 1973 American

blaxploitation Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s. The term, a portmanteau of the words "black" and "exploitation", was coined in August 1972 by Junius Griffin, the president o ...

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film directed by Larry Spangler and starring

Fred Williamson Frederick Robert Williamson (born March 5, 1938), also known as The Hammer, is an American actor and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s. Williamson is perhaps ...

. It is the sequel to 1972's ''

The Legend of Nigger Charley ''The Legend of Nigger Charley'' is a 1972 blaxploitation Western (genre), Western film directed by Martin Goldman. The story of a trio of escaped slaves, it was released during the heyday of blaxploitation films. Filmed in Charles City, Virgin ...

''. It is followed by ''

Boss Nigger ''Boss Nigger'' (also known as simply ''Boss'' and ''The Black Bounty Killer'') is a 1975 blaxploitation Western film directed by Jack Arnold, and stars former football player Fred Williamson, who both wrote and co-produced. ''Boss Nigger'' i ...

''. It is

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in the United States.

Plot

''The Soul of Nigger Charley'' continues the story of escaped slave Charley (Fred Williamson) and fellow ex-slave Toby (

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). This time, the two friends help a group of ex-slaves earn freedom as they combat a ruthless ex-

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officer who wants to keep slavery alive by selling blacks to Southern plantation owners in Mexico.

Cast

as Charley *

as Toby *

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as Elena *

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as Sandoval (as Pedro Armendariz Jr.) * Kirk Calloway as Marcellus * George Allen as Ode *

Kevin Hagen Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928 – July 9, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Hiram Baker on NBC's ''Little House on the Prairie.'' Early life Hagen was born in Chicago, Illinois, to professional ballroom dancers, Haakon O ...

as Colonel Blanchard * Michael Cameron as Sergeant Foss * Johnny Greenwood as Roy * James Garbo as Collins *

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as Anita * Bob Minor as Fred * Fred Lerner as Woods * Joe Henderson as Lee *

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as Walker (as Dick Farnsworth)

References

External links

* 1973 films Blaxploitation films Paramount Pictures films 1973 Western (genre) films Films about American slavery American Western (genre) films Films scored by Don Costa 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{1970s-Western-film-stub