Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. is a 1946 race film directed by Spencer Williams[1] and produced and distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises.

[2] Gertie LaRue (Francine Everett) is a nightclub entertainer from the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

This adaptation changed the names of the characters, switched the location from the Pacific Rim to the Caribbean, and gave the female lead a career in entertainment (the original concept had her as a prostitute).

[9] Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. was a commercially successful title on the race film circuit, but it was not widely seen by white audiences until the 1990s.

[6] Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video, as part of a double feature with Sepia Cinderella, on July 31, 2007.