Cotton Comes to Harlem

Part of Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson Collection

Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.

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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.

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Creators

Ossie Davis

director

Chester Himes

writer

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Arnold Perl

writer

Ossie Davis

writer

Cast

Godfrey Cambridge actor Raymond St. Jacques actor Calvin Lockhart actor Judy Pace actor Redd Foxx actor

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Emily Yancy actor John Anderson actor Lou Jacobi actor Eugene Roche actor J.D. Cannon actor

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Mabel Robinson actor

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Dick Sabol actor Cleavon Little actor

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Vinnette Carroll actor

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Tommy Lane actor Gilbert Lewis actor

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Wally Taylor actor

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Lawrence Cook actor