Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

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97 min - Action | Comedy - 27 May 1970 (USA)

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Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	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	...	Bryce
	Lou Jacobi	...	Goodman
	Eugene Roche	...	Anderson
	J.D. Cannon	...	Calhoun
	Mabel Robinson	...	Billie
	Dick Sabol	...	Jarema
	Cleavon Little	...	Lo Boy
	Teddy Wilson	...	Barry (as Theodore Wilson)
	Maxwell Glanville	...	Caspar

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Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head. Both are annoyed at the success of the Reverend Deke O'Mailey who is selling trips back to Africa to the poor on the installment plan. When his truck is hijacked and a bale of cotton stuffed with money is lost in the chase, Harlem is turned upside down by Gravedigger and Coffin Ed, the Reverend, and the hijackers. Much of the humor is urban black, which was unusual in 1970. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

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

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Action | Comedy

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English

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27 May 1970 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Algodón en Harlem See more »

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Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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$1,200,000 (estimated)

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Formosa Productions See more »

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97 min

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Mono

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1.33 : 1

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Continuity: When Jarema puts on the paper bag, there is only one hole cut out - for his nose. Moments later, when he runs out into the hall, the bag now has eyeholes as well. See more »

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[Starts handling his revolver]
Bryce: Say, do you have to play with that thing?
Gravedigger Jones: I'm insecure, Captain.
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Referenced in Harlem Aria (1999) See more »

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"Ain't Now, But it's Gona Be"
Music by Galt MacDermot
Lyrics by Ossie Davis
Sung by Melba Moore See more »

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