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Cotton Comes to Harlem

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

1970 · R · 1h 37m

Directed by Ossie Davis

6.2

TMDB audience score
67 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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

  • Cleavon Little
    Lo Boy

  • Vinnette Carroll
    Reba

  • Tommy Lane
    "44"

  • Gilbert Lewis
    Black Beret

  • Wally Taylor
    Black Beret

  • Lawrence Cook
    1st Young Black Man