High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Claudine is a 1974 American film produced by Third World Films and released to theatres by 20th Century Fox. Starring James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Claudine was written by Lester Pine and Tina Pine, and directed by John Berry. It is noted for being one of the few mainstream films featuring an African American cast, and released during that time period, that was not a blaxploitation film. The film was released on April 22, 1974, grossing about $6 million.