Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Director
Ossie Davis

Main cast
Calvin Lockhart; Redd Foxx; Godfrey Cambridge; Raymond St. Jacques; Vinnette Carroll

Genres
Action, Adventure

Description
The Charismatic black nationalist leader Rev Deke O'Malley is trying to sell the people of Harlem a dream. Invest $100 in his company and live in Africa. But cops Gravedigger and Coffin know all about Deke and his fraudulent schemes that take advantage of the poor and the ignorant and can't wait for a chance to expose him.


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