Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

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Synopsis
Ossie Davis makes his directorial debut a smashing success in the trend-setting action crime comedy Cotton Comes To Harlem. Coffin Ed (Raymond St. Jacques) and Grave Digger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge), two plainclothesmen on the Harlem detail, are assigned to investigate the goings-on of suspicious local preacher Deke O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart), whose "Back to Africa" political movement turns out to be a scam to bilk the community of their hard-earned cash, with the scam-money hidden in a bale of cotton. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

Godfrey Cambridge	Grave Digger Jones
J.D. Cannon	Calhoun
Redd Foxx	Uncle Bud
Tommy Lane	"44"
Cleavon Little	Lo Boy
Calvin Lockhart	Rev. Deke O'Malley
Helen Martin	Church Sister
Frederick O'Neal	Casper
Judy Pace	Iris
Mabel Robinson	Billie
Eugene Roche	Anderson
Turk Turpin	Dum Dum
Arnold Williams	Hi Jenks
Emily Yancy	Mabel
John Anderson	Bryce
Raymond St. Jacques	Coffin Ed Johnson
Van Kirksey	Early Riser
Gene Lindsey	Luddy

Production Crew

Emanuel Gerard	Art Director
Manny Gerard	Art Director
Chester Himes	Book Author
Gerald Hirschfeld	Cinematographer
Galt MacDermot	Composer (Music Score)
Max Kleven	Coordinator
Anna Hill Johnstone	Costume Designer
Ossie Davis	Director
John Carter	Editor
Robert Q. Lovett	Editor
Vic Ramos	Extra Casting
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.	Producer
Arnold Perl	Screenwriter
Ossie Davis	Screenwriter
Robert Drumheller	Set Designer
Ossie Davis	Songwriter
Sol Stern	Special Effects
Max Kleven	Stunts

Genre
Action
Crime

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