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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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Clarice Taylor ... Gladys Ann Brooks
Leonard Jackson ... John Henry Brooks
Virginia Capers ... Ruby

Glynn Turman ... Gideon
D'Urville Martin ... Booker T. Washington 'Sharrief' Brooks
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Tchaka Almoravids ... Fun Loving
Kwasi Badu ... Chief Royal Ashanti Drummer
Bonnie Banfield ... Gail
Godfrey Cambridge ... Himself
Frankie Crocker ... Rolls Royce
Ja'net DuBois ... Stormy Monday

Carl Franklin ... Marvin
Sonny Jim Gaines ... Sweetmeat
Douglas Johnson ... Driver
Philomena Nowlin ... Katheryn
Rudy Joe Ringo ... Steak Seller
Fred D. Scott ... Porter Fat (as Fred Daniel Scott)
Imamu Sukuma ... Minister
Brenda Sutton ... Nia
Jean Taylor ... Evangelist
Ronald Warden ... Militant
Dick Anthony Williams ... Preston
Cal Wilson ... Hasaan
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14 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
I saw the film in 1973 and in 2004., 14 December 2004
8/10
Author: ntwbill from Fla.

A light comedy that touched on subjects very real at the time. The production seems rough around the edges by todays standards but in comparison to others at the time typical. The setting could be in the northeast, or the west, or the south. The actors are originals whose parts were copied and polished over and over for the next ten years. What might be considered a little corny today was closer to actuality then. Perhaps we are more cynical now but on the other hand I see similarities Between this films underlying themes and a couple of the newer films of this type. Maybe we could go back to warm comedies that speak of our issues, maybe we have. See it while it is still available. One of my favorites. A classic of the time.

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