
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 97m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Ossie Davis
- Stars: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx
- keywords: blaxploitation cinema
- Production_studio: Formosa Productions
- Slogan: Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.
- providers: ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
- The Cotton Comes to Harlem is featured in the top rankings of 1970
- #39 in Top Comedy Movies of 1970
- #17 in Top Action Movies of 1970
- #18 in Top Crime Movies of 1970
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.