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Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 American neo-noir action comedy film co-written and directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx. The film, later cited as an early example of the blaxploitation genre, is based on Chester Himes' novel of the same title.
May 27, 1970 · A 1970 action comedy crime film based on a Chester Himes novel, starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques as two black cops in Harlem. They investigate a robbery involving a reverend and a bale of cotton stuffed with money.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Ossie Davis
- 1970-05-27
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart), who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in...
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- Ossie Davis
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- Godfrey Cambridge
A comedy crime film based on a novel by Chester Himes, starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart and Redd Foxx. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and other crew members on IMDb.
A comedy crime film based on a novel by Chester Himes, starring Ossie Davis and Godfrey Cambridge as two black detectives in Harlem. They investigate a con man who claims to be taking people back to Africa, but ends up robbing them.
- Ossie Davis
- Godfrey Cambridge
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While investigating a criminal minister for wrongly collecting money for a fund raiser, two New York City cops discover a truck load of cotton bales stuffed with money has been hijacked leaving everyone in Harlem looking for the lost loot.
