Movie Info: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Director: Ossie Davis

Writer: Arnold Perl, Chester Himes, Ossie Davis

Producer: Producer: Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Genre: Action, Buddy Cop Film, Comedy, Comedy Film, Comedy Thriller, Film Based On Literature

In 'Cotton Comes to Harlem', set in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, corrupt Reverend Deke O'Malley swindles his African-American congregation by promising them parcels of land in Africa for small donations. The money collected is smuggled inside a bale of cotton. Detectives Gravedigger Jones an...