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Ossie Davis makes his directorial debut a smashing success in the trend-setting action crime comedy Cotton Comes To Harlem. Coffin Ed (Raymond St. Jacques) and Grave Digger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge), two plainclothesmen on the Harlem detail, are assigned to investigate the goings-on of suspicious local preacher Deke O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart), whose "Back to Africa" political movement turns out to be a scam to bilk the community of their hard-earned cash, with the scam-money hidden in a bale of cotton.
Original Release
05/27/1970
US Release
05/27/1970
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Godfrey Cambridge | Grave Digger Jones / Gravedigger Jones |
| Raymond St. Jacques | Coffin Ed Johnson |
| Calvin Lockhart | Rev. Deke O'Malley |
| Judy Pace | Iris |
| Redd Foxx | Booker Washington Sims / Uncle Budd / Uncle Bud |
| Emily Yancy | Mabel |
| John Anderson | Capt. Bryce |
| Lou Jacobi | Goodman |
| Eugene Roche | Lt. Anderson |
| J.D. Cannon | Calhoun |
Directors
Writers
Ossie Davis, Chester Himes, Arnold Perl
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Godfrey Cambridge | Grave Digger Jones / Gravedigger Jones |
| Raymond St. Jacques | Coffin Ed Johnson |
| Calvin Lockhart | Rev. Deke O'Malley |
| Judy Pace | Iris |
| Redd Foxx | Booker Washington Sims / Uncle Budd / Uncle Bud |
| Emily Yancy | Mabel |
| John Anderson | Capt. Bryce |
| Lou Jacobi | Goodman |
| Eugene Roche | Lt. Anderson |
| J.D. Cannon | Calhoun |
| Mabel Robinson | Billie |
| Dick Sabol | Jarema |
| Cleavon Little | Lo Boy |
| Teddy Wilson | Barry |
| Maxwell Glanville | Caspar |
| Arnold Williams | Hi Jenks |
| Van Kirksey | Early Riser |
| Helen Martin | Church Sister |
| Irwin C. Watson | Minister |
| Gertrude Jeannette | Sister Minnie |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Producer |
Editors
