Cotton Comes to Harlem

Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.

Cotton Comes to Harlem — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 27, 1970
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Action, Comedy, Crime
• Director
• Ossie Davis

Cotton Comes to Harlem — Cast

Godfrey Cambridge Gravedigger Jones Raymond St. Jacques Coffin Ed Johnson Calvin Lockhart Rev. Deke O'Malley Judy Pace Iris Redd Foxx Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims Emily Yancy Mabel John Anderson Capt. Bryce Lou Jacobi Goodman