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Cotton Comes to Harlem
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.
ActionComedyCrime
Starring
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart
Directed by
Ossie Davis
About
Cotton Comes to Harlem
ActionComedyCrime
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.
Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.
Information
- Released
- May 27, 1970
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- R
- Directed by
- Ossie Davis
Production
- Studio
- Formosa Productions
Cast
People in this story
Godfrey CambridgeGravedigger Jones
Raymond St. JacquesCoffin Ed Johnson
Calvin LockhartRev. Deke O'Malley
Judy PaceIris
Redd FoxxUncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily YancyMabel
John AndersonCapt. Bryce
Lou JacobiGoodman
Eugene RocheLt. Anderson
J.D. CannonCalhounMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.