Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem

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

R 1970 · 97 min · ★ 6.2 · 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.

Directed by Ossie Davis · Written by Arnold Perl

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Godfrey Cambridge Gravedigger Jones
Raymond St. Jacques Coffin Ed Johnson
Calvin Lockhart Rev. Deke O'Malley
Judy Pace Iris
Redd Foxx Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily Yancy Mabel
John Anderson Capt. Bryce
Lou Jacobi Goodman
Eugene Roche Lt. Anderson
J.D. Cannon Calhoun
Mabel Robinson Billie
Dick Sabol Jarema

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