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| Five on the Black Hand Side | |
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| Directed by | Oscar Williams |
| Written by | Charlie L. Russell |
| Produced by | Brock Peters Michael Tolan |
| Starring | Clarice Taylor Leonard Jackson Virginia Capers Glynn Turman Bonnie Banfield D'Urville Martin |
| Cinematography | Gene Polito |
| Edited by | Michael Economou |
| Music by | H. B. Barnum |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200,000 |
| Box office | $1,367,000 (US/Canada rentals)[1] |
Five on the Black Hand Side is a 1973 African-American comedy film based on the 1969 play of the same name by Charlie L. Russell. It was shot in Los Angeles, California. Leonard Jackson appeared as John Henry Brooks.[2] He was cast in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple fifteen years later.
Five on the Black Hand Side was conceived as "an antidote" to the "blaxploitation" films of the era.[3] The film's 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."
- ^ "UA in '74". Variety. January 15, 1975. p. 3.
- ^ Weiler, A. H. (2009). "Movies-Five on the Black Hand Side". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "Five on the Black Hand Side". Trailers from Hell. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.