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Cotton Comes to Harlem

62 %|May 27, 1970|Action, Comedy, Crime

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.

Featured Crew

Ossie Davis
Director
Chester Himes
Novel
Arnold Perl
Screenplay
Ossie Davis
Screenplay
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Producer
Galt MacDermot
Music
Gerald Hirschfeld
Director of Photography
Robert Q. Lovett
Editor

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Cast

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Godfrey Cambridge
Gravedigger Jones
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Raymond St. Jacques
Coffin Ed Johnson
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Calvin Lockhart
Rev. Deke O'Malley
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Redd Foxx
Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
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John Anderson
Capt. Bryce
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Lou Jacobi
Goodman
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Eugene Roche
Lt. Anderson
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Gilbert Lewis
Black Beret
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Wally Taylor
Black Beret
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Lawrence Cook
1st Young Black Man