🎬 Action, Comedy, Crime

Cotton Comes to Harlem

"Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love."

⭐ 6.2/10 1970 1h 37m Dir. Ossie Davis
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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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6.2/10 64 votes

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Year
1970
Runtime
1h 37m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.2/10
Votes
64
Genre
Action, Comedy, Crime
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$1.2M

Cast

🎭 Action 🎭 Comedy 🎭 Crime 🎬 Ossie Davis 👤 Godfrey Cambridge 👤 Raymond St. Jacques 👤 Calvin Lockhart
blaxploitation cinema

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Cotton Comes to Harlem has a runtime of 1h 37m (1 hour and 37 minutes).
Cotton Comes to Harlem was directed by Ossie Davis and released in 1970.
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a Action, Comedy, Crime film (1970).
The cast of Cotton Comes to Harlem includes Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx.
Cotton Comes to Harlem has a TMDB rating of 6.2/10 based on 64 votes.

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