Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Name: Cotton Comes to Harlem
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1970-05-27
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx

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

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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Released 1970-05-27 · 97 min · Action, Comedy, Crime

Directed by Ossie Davis

Part of Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson Collection

Cast

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"