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:
Hey, Ed!

Coffin Ed:
What is it?

Gravedigger Jones:
Look at this. Cotton, from inside the meat truck.

Coffin Ed:
One thing for sure, it ain't drugstore cotton.

Anderson:
What is it?

Coffin Ed:
It's raw, unprocessed cotton. Like from a bale.

Gravedigger Jones:
Ohhh, it's a long time since I've seen cotton like that.

Coffin Ed:
Digger, you ain't never seen no raw cotton before. You were born and raised right here in New York, just like me.

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