Together, you'll make one salary. And when the baby comes, they'll be three people living on half a salary. That's the half you can't even count on. Charlene : Abdullah says that if Claudine : 'Abdullah says'?
Abdullah's full of crap, that's what he is. He's just like all those other black studs. Full of crap! Charlene : [close to tears] Mama, black men have made great contributions. George Washington Carver. Frederick Douglass. Claudine : Ain't if just too damn bad you didn't get your ass knocked up by Frederick Douglass!
Sign In. Play trailer Comedy Drama Romance. Director John Berry. Tina Pine original screenplay by Lester Pine original screenplay by. Top credits Director John Berry. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Official Trailer. Photos Top cast Edit. Diahann Carroll Claudine as Claudine. James Earl Jones Roop as Roop. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Charles as Charles. Tamu Blackwell Charlene as Charlene.
David Kruger Paul as Paul. Yvette Curtis Patrice as Patrice. Eric Jones Francis as Francis. Socorro Stephens Lurlene as Lurlene. Adam Wade Owen as Owen. Roxie Roker Mrs.
Winston as Mrs. John Berry. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Claudine tries to provide for her six children in Harlem while on welfare. She has a romance with Roop, a cheerful garbageman she meets while working on the side as a maid. A heart and soul comedy. Can you dig it? Did you know Edit. Trivia The director felt that Diahann Carroll was too sophisticated to play the role of a welfare mother. However, Carroll was from the Bronx, knew women like Claudine and knew she could play that part as well as anyone else.
Goofs When Claudine and her girlfriends are riding the bus at the beginning of the movie, the bus passes the New Marble Hill movie theatre twice. Join for a free month. Make your movie list and get Blu-rays and DVDs conveniently delivered to you with free shipping both ways. Most of our subscribers receive their discs within two business days. Rent this movie. Claudine actress and singer Diahann Carroll is a single mother raising six children in the projects of Harlem.
Struggling to make ends meet on her meager income, Claudine resorts to welfare and must fight to keep her dignity as the welfare system forces her to jump through hoops.
But her life takes a brighter turn when she finds romance with a pleasant garbage collector James Earl Jones , who helps Claudine keep her family afloat. Director John Berry. Moods Romantic. Format DVD. Screen Full Screen 1.
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