Five on the Black Hand Side
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| Directed by | Oscar Williams |
| Produced by | Brock Peters Michael Tolan |
| Starring | Clarice Taylor Leonard Jackson Virginia Capers Glynn Turman D'Urville Martin |
| Music by | H.B. Barnum |
| Cinematography | Gene Polito |
| Editing by | Michael Economou |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | October 25, 1973 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Five on the Black Hand Side is a 1973 comedy film based on the play by Charlie L. Russell. It was shot in Los Angeles. Leonard Jackson appeared as John Henry Brooks.[1] He was cast in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple fifteen years later.
Tagline: "You've been coffy-tized, blacula-rized and super-flied - but now you're gonna be glorified, unified and filled-with-pride... when you see Five on the Black Hand Side."
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Plot [edit]
This relationship between the two parents in this movie (Mr. and Mrs. Brooks), was parodied in a skit of the same name on the comedy series "In Living Color".
Cast [edit]
- Godfrey Cambridge - Himself
- Clarice Taylor - Mrs. Brooks
- Leonard Jackson - Mr. Brooks
- Virginia Capers - Ruby
- Glynn Turman - Gideon
- D'Urville Martin - Booker T.
- Dick Anthony Williams - Preston (as Richard Williams)
- Sonny Jim Gaines - Sweetmeat (as Sonny Jim)
- Ja'net DuBois - Stormy Monday
- Bonnie Banfield - Gail
External links [edit]
- Five on the Black Hand Side at AllRovi
- Five on the Black Hand Side at IMDB
- Five on the Black Hand Side at TCM
References [edit]
- ^ WEILER, A. H. "Movies-Five on the Black Hand Side". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
