Cotton Comes to Harlem
Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.
97 mins
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.
Galt MacDermot
Music
Arnold Perl
Screenplay
Chester Himes
Novel
Barry Malkin
Associate Editor
Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Emanuel Gerard
Art Direction