Cotton Comes to Harlem

Title:

Genres:

Action , Comedy , Crime

Companies:

Formosa Productions

Countries:

United States of America

Release Date:

1970-05-27

Runtime:

Languages:

English

Status:

Released

Tagline:

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

Budget:

$1200000

Overview

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 Cambrid

Gravedigger Jones

Raymond St. Jac

Coffin Ed Johnson

Calvin Lockhart

Rev. Deke O'Malley

Judy Pace

Iris

Redd Foxx

Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

Emily Yancy

Mabel

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Movie Reviews

talisencrw

A very different but strong angle on the typical Blaxploitation flick. I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I haven't seen a lot of Ossie Davis' work, either directing (which he does here) or acting (besides 'Bubba Ho-Tep' from late in his career), but it makes me want to check out a lot more. Well worth your trouble to find, worth buying and rewatching, in fact.