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Title: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Godfrey Cambridge | ... | Grave Digger Jones | |
| Raymond St. Jacques | ... | Coffin Ed Johnson | |
| Calvin Lockhart | ... | Rev. Deke O'Malley | |
| Judy Pace | ... | Iris | |
| Redd Foxx | ... | Uncle Budd / Booker Washington Sims | |
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Emily Yancy | ... | Mabel |
| John Anderson | ... | Capt. Bryce | |
| Lou Jacobi | ... | Goodman | |
| Eugene Roche | ... | Lt. Anderson | |
| J.D. Cannon | ... | Calhoun | |
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Mabel Robinson | ... | Billie |
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Dick Sabol | ... | Jarema |
| Cleavon Little | ... | Lo Boy | |
| Teddy Wilson | ... | Barry (as Theodore Wilson) | |
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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.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 May 1970 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Algodón en Harlem See more »Filming Locations:
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USAEdit
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$1,200,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Man: Well, ain't this the "Goin' Back to Africa Rally"?
Coffin Ed: No, baby, it is the "Goin' Home Rally".
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Written by Galt MacDermot & William Dumaresq
Sung by Denis Dillapena
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Released the same day as Watermelon Man (1970), which also starred Godfrey Cambridge. See more »Goofs
During the car chase, the mirror on the driver's side of the police car gets shot off. Once the police car collides with the watermelon cart a few seconds later, the mirror reappears. See more »Quotes
[Drunken man stumbles up during riot at police station]Man: Well, ain't this the "Goin' Back to Africa Rally"?
Coffin Ed: No, baby, it is the "Goin' Home Rally".
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The Loving Ballad(uncredited)
Written by Galt MacDermot & William Dumaresq
Sung by Denis Dillapena
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One of the most influential pictures ever to shoot onto the screen, "Cotton Comes To Harlem" spawned the beginning of the blaxploitation action boom in 1970 by delivering a refreshingly different detective action yarn with a lot of humor,a lot of hard-hitting drama with a lot of black soul(It was know as SOULPOWER!). An unbeatable mix of fastpaced adventure and sheer comic having spiced with spectacular shootouts and chases with a lot of fast talking and tough repartee with solid performances by Godfrey Cambridge,Raymond St. Jacques and Calvin Lockhart no to mention to comedic timing of Redd Foxx. This picture became a milestone for a genre of action movies that would remain throughout the rest of that decade(including its sequel "Come Back Charleston Blue" two years later).