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Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends

  • Episode aired Feb 26, 1983
  • TV-G
  • 1h
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7.1/10
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Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends (1983)
AdventureFamilyFantasyRomance

Charles Whelan wants to make it big at the Cotton Club but meets Linda Bell, another struggling performer. Doreen Murphy wants to impress her female college friends with material wealth but ... Read allCharles Whelan wants to make it big at the Cotton Club but meets Linda Bell, another struggling performer. Doreen Murphy wants to impress her female college friends with material wealth but learns a lesson about human relations.Charles Whelan wants to make it big at the Cotton Club but meets Linda Bell, another struggling performer. Doreen Murphy wants to impress her female college friends with material wealth but learns a lesson about human relations.

  • Director
    • Don Weis
  • Writers
    • Anne Collins
    • Lorin Dreyfuss
    • David Landsberg
  • Stars
    • Ricardo Montalban
    • Hervé Villechaize
    • Johnny Brown
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    56
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Don Weis
    • Writers
      • Anne Collins
      • Lorin Dreyfuss
      • David Landsberg
    • Stars
      • Ricardo Montalban
      • Hervé Villechaize
      • Johnny Brown
    • 1User review
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    Ricardo Montalban
    Ricardo Montalban
    • Mr. Roarke
    Hervé Villechaize
    Hervé Villechaize
    • Tattoo
    Johnny Brown
    Johnny Brown
    • Fingers
    J.D. Cannon
    J.D. Cannon
    • Dutch Schultz
    Yaphet Kotto
    Yaphet Kotto
    • Big Gus Belly
    Regis Philbin
    Regis Philbin
    • Cotton Club Radio Announcer
    Markie Post
    Markie Post
    • Doreen Murphy
    Lou Rawls
    Lou Rawls
    • Charles 'Diggs' Whelan
    Cybill Shepherd
    Cybill Shepherd
    • Liz
    Berlinda Tolbert
    Berlinda Tolbert
    • Linda Bell
    Lyle Waggoner
    Lyle Waggoner
    • Al
    Marcy Lafferty
    Marcy Lafferty
    • Sheila
    Marcia Wolf
    Marcia Wolf
    • Brooke
    Ronnie Rondell Jr.
    Ronnie Rondell Jr.
    • The Bootlegger
    • (as Ronnie Rondell)
    • Director
      • Don Weis
    • Writers
      • Anne Collins
      • Lorin Dreyfuss
      • David Landsberg
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    Adventure
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    Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)
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    • Trivia
      During the scenes at the Cotton Club, there were Afro-American customers seated at the tables. The Cotton Club "featured black performers as glamorous and good looking, but black patrons were not allowed inside"
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      All of Me
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      Written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons

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    • Release date
      • February 26, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Greek
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 17, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Spelling-Goldberg Productions
      • Columbia Pictures Television
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    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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