Director Jack Arnold, who once guided the destinies of Creature From the Black Lagoon, does the same for the equally fearsome Fred Williamson in Boss Nigger. Set in the Old West, the film casts Williamson and D'Urville Martin as a pair of ruthless bounty hunters. They ride into the town where their quarry is hiding, then set about to threaten, cajole, and brutalize everyone in the community. Surprisingly, the violence is rather tame in comparison to other films of this ilk. Co-scripted by Fred Williamson (who seems to have overdosed on Randolph Scott flicks), Boss Nigger's video title was shortened to simply Boss ; the film is also known as The Black Bounty Killer.