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Ossie Davis (writer)
Chester Himes (novel)
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27 May 1970 (USA) more
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Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER, two detectives only a mother could love.
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Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head... more | add synopsis
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Actor Ossie Davis Dies at 87
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Cast

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Godfrey Cambridge ... Gravedigger Jones
Raymond St. Jacques ... Coffin Ed Johnson
Calvin Lockhart ... Rev. Deke O'Malley
Judy Pace ... Iris

Redd Foxx ... Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily Yancy ... Mabel
John Anderson ... Bryce
Lou Jacobi ... Goodman

Eugene Roche ... Anderson
J.D. Cannon ... Calhoun
Mabel Robinson ... Billie
Dick Sabol ... Jarema
Cleavon Little ... Lo Boy
Teddy Wilson ... Barry (as Theodore Wilson)
Maxwell Glanville ... Caspar
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97 min
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Continuity: During the car chase, the mirror on the driver's side of the police car gets shot off. Once the police car collides with the watermelon cart a few seconds later, the mirror reappears. more
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[people outside police station demanding O'Malley return their money]
Coffin Ed: Digger and I will do our damnedest to get your money back. We promise.
Rioter: Promises! Hell with promises!
Gravedigger Jones: Anybody out there ever hear of Coffin Ed or the Gravedigger make a promise we didn't keep?
[Crowd gets quiet]
Coffin Ed: Now, we may have broken some heads, but we never broke no promises.
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9 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Hysterically Edgy, 8 July 2002
9/10
Author: turk_182 from Hoboken, NJ

Cambridge and St. Jacques are one of all time best buddy cop duos. They are hip, sexy, and funny. The mystery is intriguing, and the uncomfortable situations keep the viewer's attention throughout. This is one to be seen uncut, because a lot of the humor is quite racy. It's a time capsule in a way also since the Harlem depicted here no longer exists.

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