Cotton Comes to Harlem
Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.
1970 • R • 1h 37m
6.3/10
(50 users) 
Overview
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly 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.
6.3/10
(50 users) Cast / Crew 
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" 
Ossie Davis Director Chester Himes Novel Arnold Perl Screenplay Ossie Davis Screenplay 
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Producer Galt MacDermot Music Barry Malkin Associate Editor Gerald Hirschfeld Director of Photography 
Robert Q. Lovett Editor Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Design Enrique Bravo Camera Operator Emanuel Gerard Art Direction
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" Ossie Davis Director Chester Himes Novel Arnold Perl Screenplay Ossie Davis Screenplay Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Producer Galt MacDermot Music Barry Malkin Associate Editor Gerald Hirschfeld Director of Photography Robert Q. Lovett Editor Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Design Enrique Bravo Camera Operator Emanuel Gerard Art Direction 
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