

MovieActionComedyCrime
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.
6.2(67)19701h 37m
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.
- Director
- Ossie Davis
- Writers
- Arnold Perl,Ossie Davis
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Cast

Godfrey Cambridge
Gravedigger Jones

Raymond St. Jacques
Coffin Ed Johnson

Calvin Lockhart
Rev. Deke O'Malley

Judy Pace
Iris

Redd Foxx
Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

Emily Yancy
Mabel

John Anderson
Capt. Bryce

Lou Jacobi
Goodman

Eugene Roche
Lt. Anderson

J.D. Cannon
Calhoun
Mabel Robinson
Billie
Dick Sabol
Jarema

Cleavon Little
Lo Boy
Vinnette Carroll
Reba

Tommy Lane
"44"

Gilbert Lewis
Black Beret

Wally Taylor
Black Beret

Lawrence Cook
1st Young Black Man
Crew
Directing
- Ossie DavisDirector
Writing
- Chester HimesNovel
- Arnold PerlScreenplay
- Ossie DavisScreenplay
Production
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr.Producer
Camera
- Gerald HirschfeldDirector of Photography
- Enrique BravoCamera Operator
Editing
- Barry MalkinAssociate Editor
- Robert Q. LovettEditor
Sound
- Galt MacDermotMusic
Art
- Emanuel GerardArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Anna Hill JohnstoneCostume Design