Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)1h37
Action · Comedy · Crime
Director Ossie Davis
Also directed Black Girl, Gordon's War, Kongi's Harvest, and 1 more
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
Raymond St. Jacques
Calvin Lockhart
Judy Pace
Redd Foxx
Emily Yancy
John Anderson
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