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Cotton Comes to Harlem

Genres

Action , Comedy , Crime

Duration

97 min

Director

Ossie Davis

Rating

6.1

Release Date

May 26, 1970

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Original title: Cotton Comes to Harlem

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Synopsis Cotton Comes to Harlem

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.