COTTON COMES TO HARLEM
U.S., 1970
Directed by Ossie Davis
With Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Redd Foxx, Judy Pace
Based on the novel by Chester Himes
Approx. 97 min. 35mm.
When masked men steal 87 grand from Rev Calvin Lockhart’s “Back To Africa” Fund, a rat is smelled by cops Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques).
Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film