Product Details

• Actors: Loye Hawkins, Cathy Davis, Patricia Fulton, Wanda Starr, Steve Gallon
• Directors: Rene Martinez Jr.
• Writers: Gardenia Martinez
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Umgd - Vivendi Enter
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1989
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302232201
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,492 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Plan 9 From Harlem..., May 10, 2006

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Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein "bigfootsalienbaby" (under the rubble) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guy from Harlem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Al Conners (Loye Hawkins) is a private eye who must save a kidnapped girl from crime syndicate types. Unfortunately, whoever made this pile of rancid matter had no idea what the basics of film-making are! Of course, there's loads of humor to go around, including the plaid polyester suits, platform shoes, towering afros, idiotic fight scenes, and "love" scenes w/ no nudity! Just hot babes in long, thick nightgowns that my granny would find too conservative! And check out that soundtrack! It's a stone groove, baby...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars AVOID AT ALL COSTS, April 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Guy From Harlem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

THIS IS TOTAL, AND UTTER TRASH! I MEAN A PERSON CAN ONLY HAVE SOO MUCH RETRO-70s CULTURE AND CHEESY ACTION SEQUENCES BEFORE HE OR SHE LOSES IT. OK...LET'S MAKE IT EASY. TAKE SHAFT, REMOVE EVERYTHING COOL, AND NOW ADD THE PLOT STRUCTURE OF A CONAN MOVIE AND A BAD 70s PORN, YOU HAVE THE GUY FROM HARLEM. IT'S SAD, WHEN THE HIGHEST BUDGET AMOUNT FOR THE FILM WAS ON THE FRO-SHEEN. SAD SAD SAD MOVIE.

1.0 out of 5 stars Yikes! Cover The Kids' Eyes!, December 22, 2009

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Timothy N. Stelly Sr. "Stellbread" (Pittsburg, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Guy From Harlem (1972) (DVD)

I would rather go without Novocaine while getting my teeth pulled by an angel-dusted monkey using a Phillips screwdriver, than watch this schlock. This film centers on an implausible kidnapping, and a load of "filler material" at the beginning of the film, that features the protagonist protecting an African Princess whom he must protect but is more concerned with bedding.

The acting here and the badly choreographed karate fight scenes make
"Dolemite" look like "Enter The Dragon." Truly hammy acting and bad
editing make this film a must-see for burgeoning directors and editors so that they will know what NOT to do when creating an action film.

As in a lot of second-rate blaxploitation, the innuendo and nudity is
heavy. The dialogue is so corny, you suspect that black people had
little to do with it. Cookie cutter characters make this a really poor man's version of "Shaft," meaning this film is a bad (horrific)
mutha....I know, hush my mouth!