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Cotton Comes to Harlem

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Calorie Rating: 136
Released: 1970-05-27
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Budget: 1200000
Studios: Formosa Productions,


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 / Directors

Ossie Davis
Director


Cast

Godfrey Cambridge
Character: Gravedigger Jones
Raymond St. Jacques
Character: Coffin Ed Johnson
Calvin Lockhart
Character: Rev. Deke O'Malley

Judy Pace
Character: Iris
Redd Foxx
Character: Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily Yancy
Character: Mabel

John Anderson
Character: Capt. Bryce
Lou Jacobi
Character: Goodman
Eugene Roche
Character: Lt. Anderson

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

Cleavon Little
Character: Lo Boy
Vinnette Carroll
Character: Reba
Tommy Lane
Character: "44"

Gilbert Lewis
Character: Black Beret
Wally Taylor
Character: Black Beret
Lawrence Cook
Character: 1st Young Black Man


Production and Crew

Arnold Perl
Screenplay

Ossie Davis
Screenplay
Barry Malkin
Associate Editor

Gerald Hirschfeld
Director of Photography
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design

Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Emanuel Gerard
Art Direction