Super Fly

Super Fly

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1972-08-04
Duration:91 min
Director:Gordon Parks Jr.
Actors:Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Charles McGregor, Julius Harris
Production:Superfly Ltd., Sig Shore Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview:

Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.

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