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      Come Back, Charleston Blue

      PG 1972 1h 40m Comedy List
      Reviews 50% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Harlem police detectives Coffin (Raymond St. Jacques) and Gravedigger (Godfrey Cambridge) investigate a drug war blamed on a gangster's ghost. Read More Read Less

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      Hazel Garland New Pittsburgh Courier While it is a very good movie, it lacks some of the quality that made its predecessor [Cotton Comes to Harlem] so great. Dec 13, 2021 Full Review Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press This is not to say that Charleston is a bad movie. It's pretty good, actually. It's just that [Cotton Comes to Harlem] was such a milestone that by comparison Charleston comes out a pebble. Nov 16, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member The good sequel to "Cotton Comes To Harlem". Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member The sequel to Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970), and very loosely based on Chester Himes' novel The Heat's On from 1966. Even though the first film was successful, producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. couldn't convince United Artists to do another, so he took the sequel to Warner Bros., although it did OK business at the time, it's forgotten now. Shame, as it's better than the original. Detectives Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) are faced with a strange new wave of murders happening in Harlem. The victims are all slit at the throat, and the murderer leaves a blue steel straight razor as a sort of calling card. Turns out 40 years previously a Prohibition vigilante known as Charleston Blue used to go around killing criminals, until he disappeared. But, his old girlfriend, known as Her Majesty (Minnie Gentry), still believes he's alive somewhere. But, Gravedigger and Coffin Ed discover it's not as simple as that, with evidence pointing to photographer Joe Painter (Peter De Anda), who seems to be wanting to take on the mafia by himself, with a few of his "brothers" helping out. It's a faster paced film with some good action moments, including a shoot-out in a graveyard and exploding heroin all over Harlem. It's a shame so few people have seen it, as it deserves a wider audience Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Harlem police detectives Coffin (Raymond St. Jacques) and Gravedigger (Godfrey Cambridge) investigate a drug war blamed on a gangster's ghost.
      Director
      Mark Warren
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 40m