Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem1970

Stars: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace
Genre: Action, Comedy
Rating: R
Runtime: 97 minutes

Based on Chester Himes's novel, this film marked actor-writer Ossie Davis's directing debut. Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques play Himes's volatile police detectives, Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who are on the trail of white m… more »



Gravedigger Jones:
Is that the way to talk to anybody? Don't you know that black is beautiful?

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