Home Movies TV Series Search Sign in

Cotton Comes to Harlem

6.2 97 mins Action   Comedy   Crime   1970
Formosa Productions  
Director(s): Ossie Davis

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.

Casts of Cotton Comes to Harlem

Godfrey Cambridge

as Gravedigger Jones

Raymond St. Jacques

as Coffin Ed Johnson

Calvin Lockhart

as Rev. Deke O'Malley

Judy Pace

as Iris

Redd Foxx

as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

Emily Yancy

as Mabel

John Anderson

as Capt. Bryce

Lou Jacobi

as Goodman

Eugene Roche

as Lt. Anderson

J.D. Cannon

as Calhoun

Mabel Robinson

as Billie

Dick Sabol

as Jarema

Cleavon Little

as Lo Boy

Tommy Lane

as "44"

Gilbert Lewis

as Black Beret

Wally Taylor

as Black Beret

Lawrence Cook

as 1st Young Black Man

You might also like