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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 film about two black cops investigating a robbery involving a reverend and a bale of cotton in Harlem. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Ossie Davis
- 1970-05-27
Cotton Comes To Harlem. 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. 872 IMDb 6.5 1 h 36 min 1970. X-Ray R. Action · Comedy · Biting · Joyous.
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When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a...
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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 Chester Himes' novel, starring Ossie Davis and Godfrey Cambridge as two black detectives in Harlem. They investigate a con man who claims to be leading a \"Back to Africa\" movement.
