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- Title
- Sweet Jesus Preacher Man
- AKA
- --
- Year of Film
- 1973
- Director
- Henning Schellerup
- Starring
- Roger E. Mosley, William Smith, Michael Pataki, Tom Johnigarn, Joe Tornatore, Damu King, Marla Gibbs, Sam Laws, Phil Hoover, Paul Silliman
- Origin of Film
- USA
- Genre(s) of Film
- Action | Drama | Blaxploitation
- Type of Poster
- 30x40
- Style of Poster
- --
- Origin of Poster
- USA
- Year of Poster
- 1973
- Designer
- Unknown
- Artist
- Unknown
- Size (inches)
- 30 3/16" x 40"
- SS or DS
- SS
- NSS #
- 73/189
- Tagline
- Amen, Brother!
Sweet Jesus Preacher Man is apparently a lesser entry into the 1970s blaxploitation genre and it appears to have been largely forgotten with no DVD release forthcoming. Director Henning Schellerup is perhaps better known as a camera operator and cinematographer, having worked on such films as Death Race 2000, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Silent Night, Deadly Night.
Roger E. Mosley (Tom Selleck’s partner in Magnum P.I.) stars as a hit man who who poses as a baptist preacher in order to take over the vice rackets in an L.A. ghetto. After his boss Martelli (character actor William Smith) double-crosses him he sets out on a rampage of revenge leaving bodies in his wake.
I’m unsure who is responsible for the artwork on this American 30×40 poster so please get in touch if you have an idea. You’ll notice that a large sticker with the credits on it has been applied over what is clearly the original credits block. This was likely done shortly after the posters were printed to correct an error without having to scrap the whole batch and print them again.
The original trailer is on YouTube.