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Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)

Come Back, Charleston Blue poster
Directed by
Mark Warren
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two Harlem detectives try to track down a mysterious killer who is targeting local gangsters. The case leads them through a series of odd encounters and colorful characters in the neighborhood.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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