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Cotton Comes to Harlem
Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.6.3
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.
Writer | Chester Himes |
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Director | Ossie Davis |
Actor | Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart |
Country | United States of America |
Production | Formosa Productions |