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Cotton Comes to Harlem: Full Cast & Crew 1970 Comedy/Drama
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart), who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. But the police, O'Malley and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing. R Released: May 27, 1970 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Ossie Davis Director, Writer Godfrey Cambridge Gravedigger Jones Actor Raymond St. Jacques Coffin Ed Johnson Actor Calvin Lockhart Rev. Deke O'Malley Actor Judy Pace Iris Actor Redd Foxx Uncle Bud Actor Emily Yancy Mabel Actor Cleavon Little Lo Boy Actor Dick Sabol Jarema Actor Chester Himes Writer Arnold Perl Writer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Producer Galt MacDermot Original Music Gerald Hirschfeld Cinematographer Robert Q. Lovett Film Editing Emanuel Gerard Art Director Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Design
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