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Cotton comes to Harlem
(1970)
Director: Ossie Davis
Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart
our comment. "Can you believe the world has never heard of these guys!"
Detectives "Gravedigger" Jones and "Coffin Ed" Johnson are on the case and in everyone's face when they investigate Rev. Deke O'Malley - a brother whose "Back to Africa" campaign is nothing more than a big scam for bigga bucks. But when .000 of O'Malley's laundered cash gets stashed in a bail of cotton, Gravedigger and Coffin find they're not the only dudes (and dudes they are) suddenly interested in soaring cotton prices.

One of the earliest and most influential blaxploitation flix, but certainly not one of the best.

Investigation finished: 2002-07-03

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Story: 4/10 - The cover says "An unbeatable mix of fast-paced adventure and comic lunacy" hmmm, sure whatever!

Acting: 3/10 - Can you beleive the world has never heard of these guys!

Violence: 4/10 - The action sequences are too far apart!

Nudity: 1/10 - The nudity quota that makes this genre interesting is sadly absent!

Coolness: 4/10 - The director should've crammed a bit more soul in there!

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