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Black Snake (film)

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Black Snake
Directed byRuss Meyer
Written byRuss Meyer
Leonard Neubauer
A. James Ryan
Produced byRuss Meyer
StarringAnouska Hempel
David Warbeck
Percy Herbert
Thomas Baptiste
CinematographyArthur Ornitz
Edited byFred Baratta
Music byWilliam Loose
Release date
  • March 28, 1973 (1973-03-28)
Running time
82 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Black Snake is a 1973 American film directed by Russ Meyer. It was Meyer's return to self-financed projects, following the end of his brief deal at 20th Century Fox. Meyer's only attempt at the Blaxploitation genre, it was filmed in Panavision and was shot on location in Barbados.

A period piece about colonial slavery, the plot centered on Lady Susan, a cruel slave-owner and plantation mistress, and her domination of both the black and white men on the island. Anouska Hempel, a New Zealand-born actress well known in the UK, was cast at the last minute when Meyer's original lead fell ill.

Meyer was dissatisfied with the film, and for years afterwards he complained of Hempel's unsuitability for her part. In the late 1990s Hempel, now Lady Weinberg, bought the British rights; since then it has not been seen on UK television, though it has been released on DVD there.

Theatrical poster to Black Snake' re-released as Sweet Suzy.

Black Snake was originally released theatrically in the UK as Slaves and has also been released under the title Sweet Suzy.[1]

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Notes

  1. ^ "Sweet Suzy". Variety. Retrieved 2009-12-21. [dead link]