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Come Back, Charleston Blue is a 1972 American crime comedy film starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques, loosely based on Chester Himes' novel The Heat's On. It is a sequel to the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem.
Apr 21, 1973 · Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Mark Warren
- 1973-04-21
Days later while visiting an elderly psychic, Her Majesty, the detectives learn that Her Majesty's murdered lover, Charleston Blue, got his nickname from using the blue switchblade. Discovering the box of switchblades she had set aside for her lover is empty, Her Majesty is convinced that Charleston Blue has returned to avenge his death.
- Mark Warren
- Godfrey Cambridge
Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In "Come Back, Charleston Blue," Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are memorable characters who would rather scheme than take chances, rather be prudent than heroes, and rather outsmart their supercilious precinct captain than do anything else.
Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
