Rating: R
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 12/26/2001
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: 1
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: MGM

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.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Godfrey Cambridge - Grave Digger Jones
Raymond St. Jacques - Coffin Ed Johnson
Calvin Lockhart - Rev. Deke O'Malley
Judy Pace - Iris
Redd Foxx - Uncle Bud
John Anderson - Bryce
Emily Yancy - Mabel
J.D. Cannon - Calhoun
Mabel Robinson - Billie
Eugene Roche - Anderson
Frederick O'Neal - Casper
Gene Lindsey - Luddy
Van Kirksey - Early Riser
Cleavon Little - Lo Boy
Helen Martin - Church Sister
Turk Turpin - Dum Dum
Tommy Lane - "44"
Arnold Williams - Hi Jenks

Production:
Ossie Davis - Director
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. - Producer
Galt MacDermot - Composer
Robert Q. Lovett John Carter - Editor
Ossie Davis Arnold Perl - Screen Writer
Robert Drumheller - Set Designer
Emanuel Gerard - Art Director
Manny Gerard - Art Director
Gerald Hirschfeld - Cinematographer
Max Kleven - Coordinator
Anna Hill Johnstone - Costume Designer
Vic Ramos - Extra Casting
Ossie Davis - Songwriter
Sol Stern - Special Effects
Max Kleven - Stunts
Chester Himes - Book Author

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