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Cotton Comes to Harlem

Two Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser.

Director

Ossie Davis

Year

Genre

action, comedy, crime

Box Office

N/A

Production

Formosa Productions

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Grave Digger Jones

Godfrey Cambridge

Coffin Ed Johnson

Raymond St. Jacques

Rev. Deke O'Malley

Calvin Lockhart

Iris

Uncle Budd

Mabel

Capt. Bryce

Goodman

Lt. Anderson

Calhoun

Billie

Jarema

Lo Boy

Barry

Caspar

Maxwell Glanville

Hi Jenks

Arnold Williams

Early Riser

Church Sister

Minister

Irwin C. Watson

Sister Minnie

Gertrude Jeannette

Tom

Leonardo Cimino

Luddy

Dum Dum

'44'

1st Black Beret

2nd Black Beret

3rd Black Beret

4th Black Beret

5th Black Beret

John D. Anthony

Black Plainclothesman

Anthony Chisholm

John Hill

Secretary

Cowboy

Wino

1st Young Black Man

Lead picket

2nd Picket

Woman

Man

Billie Boy

Angry Woman

Chicken Man

Traveling Man

Kenneth Manigault

Vendor in Crowd

Reba

Vinnette Carroll

Plainclothesman

Chep

Backround Detective

Luddy

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Frederick O'Neal

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Sidewalk Fur Coat Salesman

Rally Attendant

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And anyway what would a bale of cotton be doing in Harlem - Cotton Comes to Harlem

And anyway what would a bale of cotton be doing in Harlem

♪ Ain't now ♪ - Cotton Comes to Harlem

♪ Ain't now ♪

♪ To see red
when the song is wrong ♪ - Cotton Comes to Harlem

♪ To see red when the song is wrong ♪

Man:
Come see what I got for ya! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Man: Come see what I got for ya!

I thought we told you - Cotton Comes to Harlem

I thought we told you

Is that my-- - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Is everybody here
having a good time? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Is everybody here having a good time?

Come on! Next!
What's your name, Miss? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Come on! Next! What's your name, Miss?

Well, if it ain't King
Kong and Frankenstein. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Well, if it ain't King Kong and Frankenstein.

Fly, baby. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

John! John! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Grunting] - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Distant gunfire] - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Distant gunfire]

Ed. Digger. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Hey Ed - Cotton Comes to Harlem

What the hell does the Attorney General the State Department - Cotton Comes to Harlem

What the hell does the Attorney General the State Department

You've gotta understand Ed and Digger Sir - Cotton Comes to Harlem

You've gotta understand Ed and Digger Sir

I just wanted to see
if it was gonna fit. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

I just wanted to see if it was gonna fit.

Ha! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Oh, bless your soul,
Mrs. Hill. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Oh, bless your soul, Mrs. Hill.

They say the badder the woman the better the smell - Cotton Comes to Harlem

They say the badder the woman the better the smell

[Giggling] - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Paper crinkles] - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Paper crinkles]

Hey, you come--
hey, come back here, you! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Hey, you come-- hey, come back here, you!

White guys - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Rattin' on the mob ain't the
worst thing in the world. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Rattin' on the mob ain't the worst thing in the wo...

Any black man might rat on whitey - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Any black man might rat on whitey

Uncle Tom is what they are - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Uncle Tom is what they are

You fool! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Oh, sit right down
next to the throne of grace. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Oh, sit right down next to the throne of grace.

Was that
black enough for you? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Was that black enough for you?

[Men chattering] - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Men chattering]

Your move, mother goose. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Your move, mother goose.

Come on. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Hello, Reverend. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Hello, Reverend.

The white fox? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

That's police brutality. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

That's police brutality.

Don't tell me to cool it - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Don't tell me to cool it

You took that ship that big old black ship Black Beauty - Cotton Comes to Harlem

You took that ship that big old black ship Black Beauty

One more word,
soul brother. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

One more word, soul brother.

Anderson:
Poor Uncle Budd. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Anderson: Poor Uncle Budd.

Hold it there. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Digger and I will do our damnedest - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Digger and I will do our damnedest

Commie pigs! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Where the hell
you going? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Where the hell you going?

Do you have to play with that thing - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Do you have to play with that thing

Thank you, Sir. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Thank you, Sir.

Uh, Callahan,
will you excuse me? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Uh, Callahan, will you excuse me?

Where's my pastor Where's my pastor - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Where's my pastor Where's my pastor

And stay out. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Bat? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

God damn it! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Where are they, Iris? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Where are they, Iris?

I'm gonna get out
an apb. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

I'm gonna get out an apb.

Bryce on radio:
Attention, all cars. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Bryce on radio: Attention, all cars.

Hi, Cal! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Shotgun blast] - Cotton Comes to Harlem

[Shotgun blast]

All right,
assume the position. - Cotton Comes to Harlem

All right, assume the position.

Fly this mother
to the moon! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Fly this mother to the moon!

Ed! Ed, listen! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

Ed! Ed, listen!

No, no! No! - Cotton Comes to Harlem

How much is it gonna cost me
to stop this kind of talk? - Cotton Comes to Harlem

How much is it gonna cost me to stop this kind of talk?

Cotton Comes to Harlem poster

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Two Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Ossie Davis

Writer: Chester Himes, Arnold Perl, Ossie Davis

Production: Formosa Productions

Genre: action, comedy, crime

Year: 1970

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 May 1970

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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