The Summary for this unviewed film is based on reviews in the 24 Sep 1974 DV and the 22 Jan 1975 HR, therefore credits do not necessarily reflect what appears onscreen.
       The 1 Oct 1973 DV announced that executive producer Charlie Walker, director Jim Alston, and director of photography Dan Bresler were going to use the Cecomobile to film Solomon King, but only Alston, who was credited with the story, was listed in the onscreen credits.
       According to the 6 Jan 1975 Box, filmmaker and Oakland, CA, businessman Sal Watts made Solomon King over a two-year period with $140,000, which he proudly raised within "the black community." He claimed the film, which does not glorify drugs or sex, was a reaction to "black complaints about the 'blaxploitation movies.'" When the film was originally screened in Oakland in Sep 1974, it was two hours long. Watts edited it down to eighty-eight minutes.
       Helena Hollins and Jimmy Lewis, who also provided the film’s score, sang two songs, “Changes” and “Teach Me,” respectively, for the soundtrack, according to the 19 Sep 1974 Los Angeles Sentinel. Watts told the 13 Nov 1975 Los Angeles Sentinel that comic actor Mantan Moreland was involved in pre-production before his 1973 death.
       The 16 Sep 1974 Box noted that the film, shot on location in Oakland, CA, and the surrounding Bay Area, premiered in that city two days earlier.
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