Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.

  • Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
  • Release Date: 1970-05-27
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 50 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Formosa Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ossie Davis
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Summary

Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.

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  • Godfrey Cambridge

    as Gravedigger Jones

  • Raymond St. Jacques

    as Coffin Ed Johnson

  • Calvin Lockhart

    as Rev. Deke O'Malley

  • Judy Pace

    as Iris

  • Redd Foxx

    as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

  • Emily Yancy

    as Mabel

  • John Anderson

    as Capt. Bryce

  • Lou Jacobi

    as Goodman

  • Eugene Roche

    as Lt. Anderson

  • J.D. Cannon

    as Calhoun

  • Mabel Robinson

    as Billie

  • Dick Sabol

    as Jarema

  • Cleavon Little

    as Lo Boy

  • Vinnette Carroll

    as Reba

  • Tommy Lane

    as "44"

  • Gilbert Lewis

    as Black Beret

  • Wally Taylor

    as Black Beret

  • Lawrence Cook

    as 1st Young Black Man
Directing Ossie Davis Director
Writing Chester Himes Novel
Writing Arnold Perl Screenplay
Writing Ossie Davis Screenplay
Production Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Producer
Sound Galt MacDermot Music
Editing Barry Malkin Associate Editor
Camera Gerald Hirschfeld Director of Photography
Editing Robert Q. Lovett Editor
Costume & Make-Up Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Design
Camera Enrique Bravo Camera Operator
Art Emanuel Gerard Art Direction

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