Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
⏱️ 97 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ActionComedyCrime
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.
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User Reviews
May 4, 2016
A very different but strong angle on the typical Blaxploitation flick. I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I haven't seen a lot of Ossie Davis' work, either directing (which he does here) or acting (besides 'Bubba Ho-Tep' from late in his career), but it makes me want to check out a lot more. Well worth your trouble to find, worth buying and rewatching, in fact.
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Director
Ossie Davis
Writer
Arnold Perl, Ossie Davis
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Production
Formosa Productions
Keywords
blaxploitation cinema