Gravedigger Jones
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Gravedigger Jones is a tough, streetwise Harlem detective featured in Chester Himes’s crime novels and their film adaptations.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gravedigger Jones canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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fictional detective ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alignment | law enforcement ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Rage in Harlem
NERFINISHED
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All Shot Up NERFINISHED ⓘ Blind Man with a Pistol NERFINISHED ⓘ Cotton Comes to Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlem Detective series NERFINISHED ⓘ Plan B NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Gold Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crazy Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ The Real Cool Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
corruption
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police brutality ⓘ racial tension in the United States ⓘ survival in inner-city communities ⓘ urban crime ⓘ |
| characteristic |
cynical
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streetwise ⓘ tough ⓘ violent when necessary ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Chester Himes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | New York City Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicityInFiction | African American ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ hardboiled fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | co-protagonist ⓘ |
| notableWorkAdaptation |
Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972 film)
NERFINISHED
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
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police officer ⓘ |
| partner | Coffin Ed Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Godfrey Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesSetting | mid-20th-century Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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