Cotton Comes to Harlem (film)
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| Cotton Comes to Harlem | |
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| Directed by | Ossie Davis |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. |
| Written by | Ossie Davis Chester Himes(Novel) Arnold Perl |
| Starring | Godfrey Cambridge Raymond St. Jacques Calvin Lockhart |
| Music by | Galt MacDermot |
| Cinematography | Gerald Hirschfeld |
| Editing by | Robert Q. Lovett |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 97 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The film is based on a book by the writer Chester Himes. Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 blaxploitation film starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx based on Chester Himes' novel of the same name. The plot revolves around the efforts of the two Harlem detectives to recover the life savings of 87 poor black families which have been stolen in a Back to Africa swindle; the money is concealed in a bale of cotton, which keeps changing hands. The film was directed by Ossie Davis.
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Cotton Comes to Harlem at the Internet Movie Database Cotton Comes to Harlem at Allmovie
