Cotton Comes to Harlem
Release Date: 1970-05-27
Runtime: 97 min
Director: Ossie Davis
Producer(s): Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Production Country: United States of America
Original Language: English
Budget: $1,200,000.00
Overview:
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.
Cast:
Crew:
Ossie Davis (Director), Galt MacDermot (Music), Arnold Perl (Screenplay), Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (Producer), Ossie Davis (Screenplay), Chester Himes (Novel), Barry Malkin (Associate Editor), Robert Q. Lovett (Editor), Gerald Hirschfeld (Director of Photography), Enrique Bravo (Camera Operator), Anna Hill Johnstone (Costume Design), Emanuel Gerard (Art Direction)