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Cotton Comes to Harlem

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

1970★ 6.2 · 651h 37mActionComedyCrime

Overview

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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Cast

Cleavon Little
as Lo Boy

John Anderson
as Capt. Bryce

Calvin Lockhart
as Rev. Deke O'Malley

Raymond St. Jacques
as Coffin Ed Johnson

Lou Jacobi
as Goodman

Eugene Roche
as Lt. Anderson

Redd Foxx
as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

Judy Pace
as Iris

Gilbert Lewis
as Black Beret

J.D. Cannon
as Calhoun

Wally Taylor
as Black Beret

Godfrey Cambridge
as Gravedigger Jones

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Release date: 1970-05-27

Budget: $1,200,000

Runtime: 1h 37m

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ActionComedyCrime

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