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St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacDermot, Galt (Composer)
Corporate Authors: United Artists Corporation, MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Goldwyn, Samuel, Jr., 1926-2015 (Producer), Perl, Arnold (Screenwriter), Davis, Ossie (Screenwriter, Director), Cambridge, Godfrey, 1933-1976 (Actor), St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990 (Actor), Lockhart, Calvin, 1934-2007 (Actor), Pace, Judy, 1946- (Actor), Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991 (Actor), Anderson, John, 1922-1992 (Actor), Yancy, Emily (Actor), Jacobi, Lou (Actor), Roche, Eugene, 1928-2004 (Actor), Cannon, J. D. (John Donovan), 1922-2005 (Actor), Hirschfeld, Gerald (Cinematographer), Lovett, Robert Q. (Film editor), Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Soundtrack in English (mono) with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
Series:Soul cinema.
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Online Access:Credits from Internet Movie Database
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Description
Summary:St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy.
Item Description:Originally released as motion picture in 1970.
Based upon the novel "Back to Africa" by Chester Himes.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:01:36:00
Format:DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital monophonic.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; art director, Manuel Gerard ; editor, Robert Q. Lovett ; music, Galt MacDermot.
ISBN:0792848284
9780792848288
Access:FOR COURSE RELATED USE ONLY.