Cotton Comes to Harlem
Action
Comedy
Crime
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.
1970-05-27
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Cast
Director
Ossie Davis
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
Cleavon Little as Lo Boy
Tommy Lane as "44"
Gilbert Lewis as Black Beret
Wally Taylor as Black Beret
Lawrence Cook as 1st Young Black Man