Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)

"A ghost has come back to Harlem--and started the wildest gang war ever."
Audience Score
45
Come Back, Charleston Blue
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.
DirectorMark Warren
WriterBontche Schweig

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 29th, 1972
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Formosa Productions

Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson Collection

Based on the books by Chester Himes, featuring New York City police detectives "Coffin Ed" Johnson and "Gravedigger" Jones.