Review of Boss Nigger

Boss Nigger (1974)
8/10
Fred Williamson and D'Urville Martin make a fine team in Boss N!gger
11 February 2012
Just watched this on YouTube. It stars Fred Williamson-the title character-(who was also writer and co-producer with director Jack Arnold) and D'Urville Martin-Amos-as bounty hunters who are looking for a Jed Clayton (William Smith) in the town they encounter. Mayor Griffin (R.G. Armstrong) tells them Jed's not due to arrive in a few days so they wait and make themselves sheriff and deputy since the town hasn't had either for a while. There's actually more to it than that but I'll just now say how much I highly enjoyed this movie. I mean, it's got some funny scenes and lines mostly courtesy of Martin and both a fine white chick (Barbara Leigh as schoolmarm Miss Pruitt) and a fine black one (Carmen Hayworth as Clara Mae). In fact, when the latter's silently told by Amos to do some seductive moves on one of Boss' capturers, they're so hot that they're a distraction which Amos later acknowledges after delaying knocking him out! And the fights between Williamson and Smith were among the coolest I've seen and heard in a movie with the way the punches just flew! And despite the very provocative title, I loved the title song with music and lyrics by Leon Moore & Tom Nixon as sung by Terrible Tom. And besides Miss Pruitt, it was nice to know that the blacksmith (Ben Zeller) and the doctor were the other Caucasians giving support to the sheriff. So on that note, I highly recommend Boss N!gger.
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