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Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
- R1970 · Comedy drama · 1h 37m
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.
- $1.2 million
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
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.
- (2.6K)
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Ossie Davis
- 1970-05-27
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...
- (61)
- Ossie Davis
- R
- Godfrey Cambridge
Synopsis. At an outdoor barbecue, charismatic confidence man Rev. Deke O'Malley defrauds Harlem residents of $87,000 intended to transport blacks back to Africa. The money, however, is immediately seized by the black minister's white partner, Calhoun, who flees the scene in a meat truck, having secreted the money in a bale of cotton.
- Ossie Davis
- Godfrey Cambridge
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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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