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Key Features:
Crime investigation, Blaxploitation, Harlem, Scam, Police procedural, Social commentary, African-American culture, Corruption, Missing money, Action, Satire, Buddy cop
Tone:
humorous, gritty, satirical
Target Audience:
Fans of Blaxploitation films, Viewers interested in crime stories, Those seeking social commentary, Action movie enthusiasts
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Suspense → Resolution

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970-05-27
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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.

Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Cast
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, Emily Yancy, John Anderson, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon
Crew
Ossie Davis, Arnold Perl, Ossie Davis
Rating
6.1(60 votes)
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The Cotton Club
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Boss Nigger
6.65

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A Rage in Harlem
5.4

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Harlem Nights
6.1

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Amos & Andrew
5.4

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The Phenix City Story
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Coming to America
6.9

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Across 110th Street

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The Mighty Quinn

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

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White Man's Burden
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Black Caesar
5.8

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Paid in Full
6.8

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Gang Related
6.4

After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.



Foxy Brown
6.232

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6.4

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The Comedy of Terrors

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6.26

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The American Society of Magical Negroes

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Sugar Hill
5.6

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Belly
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6

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Beat the Devil
6.1

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Trading Places
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The Brother from Another Planet

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The Ladykillers
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A Low Down Dirty Shame

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Bamboozled
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Putney Swope
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Hollywood or Bust
6.1

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B.A.P.S
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5.2

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Mo' Money
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Blacula
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5.4

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Little Man
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Made in U.S.A
6.1

Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.



Pootie Tang
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The Burial
7.065

When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.



The French Connection
7.498

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.



All About the Benjamins

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The Price of Fame
5.2

A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.



Bastille Day
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Gridlock'd
6.7

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.



Cop or Hood
6.3

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police. For instance, he drives into a criminal's house in a fancy, expensive race car. In another incident, he callously blows up a casino owned by Musard , one of the town's crime bosses. On that occasion, he first forces Musard to remove his clothes, and the poor criminal watches his casino explode from across the square while standing naked in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Stan seduces the lovely Edmonde.



Cop Land
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6.79

Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.



Bulworth
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6.3

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Heart Condition
5.56

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The Big Combo
7

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Juice
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7.2

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.



Undercover Brother
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Guns, Girls and Gambling

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Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.



Passing
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The Dead Pool
6.3

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Deep Cover
6.8

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The Detective
5.9

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A Soldier's Story
6.784

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King's Ransom
4.821

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Comedy of Power
6.2

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Super Fly(1972)
6.2

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Detective
Detective(1985)
5.2

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Cinderfella
6.1

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Bulletproof
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Night and the City
7.478

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Mandingo
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6.566

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Charley Varrick
7.3

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Murder by Death
7.2

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Hollywood Homicide
5.2

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Busting
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Pink Cadillac
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Stir Crazy
6.5

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Triangle
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The Sting
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8

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.



Loose Cannons
4.9

Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.



Hustle
Hustle(1975)
5.592

The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.



Antigang
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5.848

As a rowdy team of detectives clashes with their disciplined new boss, they must catch a vicious band of robbers who are wreaking havoc on their city.



Cruising
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6.6

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.



Starsky & Hutch
5.821

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The Patsy
The Patsy(1964)
6.2

Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.



Miami Blues
6.017

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.



The Olsen Gang in a Fix

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Creature from the Haunted Sea

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Brooklyn's Finest
6.303

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Johnny Dangerously
6.277

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.



The Harder They Come

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