Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Release: 1970-05-27
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 6.1
Action
Comedy
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Formosa Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Redd Foxx
as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
J.D. Cannon
as Calhoun
Cleavon Little
as Lo Boy
Wally Taylor
as Black Beret
Raymond St. Jacques
as Coffin Ed Johnson
Lou Jacobi
as Goodman
Eugene Roche
as Lt. Anderson
Godfrey Cambridge
as Gravedigger Jones
Emily Yancy
as Mabel
Gilbert Lewis
as Black Beret
Judy Pace
as Iris
John Anderson
as Capt. Bryce
Tommy Lane
as "44"
Lawrence Cook
as 1st Young Black Man
Calvin Lockhart
as Rev. Deke O'Malley
