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. He was cast in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple fifteen years later. Its tagline was "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."
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".
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