Cotton Comes to Harlem

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.

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  Ossie Davis

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  Godfrey Cambridge
  Gravedigger Jones
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  Raymond St. Jacques
  Coffin Ed Johnson
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  Calvin Lockhart
  Rev. Deke O'Malley
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  Judy Pace
  Iris
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  Redd Foxx
  Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
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  Emily Yancy
  Mabel
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  John Anderson
  Capt. Bryce
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  Lou Jacobi
  Goodman
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  Eugene Roche
  Lt. Anderson
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  J.D. Cannon
  Calhoun
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  Mabel Robinson
  Billie
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  Dick Sabol
  Jarema
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  Cleavon Little
  Lo Boy
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  Vinnette Carroll
  Reba
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  Tommy Lane
  "44"
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  Gilbert Lewis
  Black Beret
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  Wally Taylor
  Black Beret
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  Lawrence Cook
  1st Young Black Man