Come Back, Charleston Blue

A ghost has come back to Harlem--and started the wildest gang war ever.

Overview:

Sequel to Cotton comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. 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.

Released: 1972-06-29

Duration: 01:40:00

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Tags: Blaxploitation

Director: Mark Warren

Writer: Chester Himes, Bontche Schweig, Peggy Elliott

Cast: Raymond St. Jacques, Godfrey Cambridge, Jonelle Allen, ...

Director: Mark Warren

Writer: Chester Himes Bontche Schweig Peggy Elliott

Cast: Raymond St. Jacques Godfrey Cambridge Jonelle Allen Percy Rodriguez Minnie Gentry Leonardo Cimino Marcia McBroom Dick Sabol Peter De Anda Maxwell Glanville Toney Brealond Tim Pelt Darryl Knibb Joseph Ray Adam Wade

Genre: Action Comedy Crime

Tags: Blaxploitation

Description

Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones are confounded by a string of strange murders in the neighborhood of Harlem, New York. The murders themselves aren't nearly as bizarre as the calling card left by the murderer: a blue steel straight razor. Legend has it that this was the calling card of Charleston Blue, a vigilante who tried to rid the neighborhood of all criminal elements using a straight razor. Blue, having disappeared years ago after he went after Dutch Schultz (with his trusty straight razor) was considered dead by all except his girlfriend, who kept his razors locked away until his "come back."

Soon after the murders start it is discovered that the razors were missing and all evidence points to Joe Painter, a local photographer, who has begun dating Carol, the beloved niece of mafia errand boy, Caspar Brown. Joe and Brown are at odds over Caspar's refusal to help Joe kick the mafia out of the neighborhood, so Joe enlists the help of a group of brothers and the spirit of Charleston Blue. However, Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones discover that Joe's plan doesn't seem to be exactly what he claimed it was.