The title character is said to have killed Dutch Schultz with a straight razor decades before, and his aging moll (a feisty and funny Minnie Gentry) goes to his supposed grave on a regular basis, basically the black lady in black. She believes with all of her heart that he is going to show up one day, especially since a similar crime has occured. Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques are back, with Percy Rodriguez promoted to captain, but outside of Leonardo Cimino as the Sicilian mob boss, everyone else here is new.
The black crime ring is determined to get white mob rule out of their community, so that war continues. The film opens up with a Harlem cotillion where wealthy white liberals mix with the upper crust black folk, and you get to see one of the first times I recall mixed race couples dancing among the extras. This sequel to "Cotton Comes to Harlem" is good, but often the humor feels forced and the story is presented in a bit of a convoluted manner. Obviously Charleston Blue may be the Godot she's waiting for, and an obvious copycat crime in progress.
Once again there's a chase sequence, great location footage fascinating to those of us who live there or know that area. I just didn't think they spent much time coming up with something unique, and the white cops are definitely cartoonish in their characterization as buffoons. In a sense, they seem like characters from "Police Academy" long before that franchise started. There's a nice salute to a classic Cagney scene plus the presence of a killer in a memorable disguise.
The black crime ring is determined to get white mob rule out of their community, so that war continues. The film opens up with a Harlem cotillion where wealthy white liberals mix with the upper crust black folk, and you get to see one of the first times I recall mixed race couples dancing among the extras. This sequel to "Cotton Comes to Harlem" is good, but often the humor feels forced and the story is presented in a bit of a convoluted manner. Obviously Charleston Blue may be the Godot she's waiting for, and an obvious copycat crime in progress.
Once again there's a chase sequence, great location footage fascinating to those of us who live there or know that area. I just didn't think they spent much time coming up with something unique, and the white cops are definitely cartoonish in their characterization as buffoons. In a sense, they seem like characters from "Police Academy" long before that franchise started. There's a nice salute to a classic Cagney scene plus the presence of a killer in a memorable disguise.