Five on the Black Hand Side
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Five on the Black Hand Side (1973, USA) is a Blaxploitation-Comedy film directed by Oscar Williams.
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Main Details
- Released on October 25, 1973 (New York City)
- Color
- Running time: 96 minutes
- Production Co.: Five Hand Company
- Distribution Co.: United Artists
- Directed by Oscar Williams
- Written by Charlie L. Russell, from his play of the same title
- Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Clarice Taylor, Leon Jackson
Plot Summary
- Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
Taglines
- 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"