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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
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27 May 1970 (USA) moreTagline:
Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER, two detectives only a mother could love.Plot:
Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
The beginning of the blaxploitation genre more (20 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USAFun Stuff
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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. moreQuotes:
Gravedigger Jones: Is that the way to talk to anybody? Don't you know that black is beautiful? moreSoundtrack:
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One of the most influential pictures ever to shoot onto the screen, "Cotton Comes To Harlem" spawned the beginning of the blaxploitation action boom in 1970 by delivering a refreshingly different detective action yarn with a lot of humor,a lot of hard-hitting drama with a lot of black soul(It was know as SOULPOWER!). An unbeatable mix of fastpaced adventure and sheer comic having spiced with spectacular shootouts and chases with a lot of fast talking and tough repartee with solid performances by Godfrey Cambridge,Raymond St. Jacques and Calvin Lockhart no to mention to comedic timing of Redd Foxx. This picture became a milestone for a genre of action movies that would remain throughout the rest of that decade(including its sequel "Come Back Charleston Blue" two years later).