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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Directed by Ossie Davis

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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.

Rated R | Length 97 minutes

Actors

Godfrey Cambridge | Raymond St. Jacques | Calvin Lockhart | Judy Pace | Redd Foxx | Emily Yancy | John Anderson | Lou Jacobi | Eugene Roche | J. D. Cannon | Mabel Robinson | Dick Sabol | Cleavon Little | Vinnette Carroll | Tommy Lane | Gilbert Lewis | Wally Taylor | Lawrence Cook