Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows two police officers investigating a case where over $70,000 was stolen from a church. The police believe the reverend of the church is corrupt and something about his illegal activities led to the robbery. The reverend claims to be the voice of the people and wrongfully investigated.
This movie is directed by Ossie Davis (Black Girl) in his directorial debut and stars Godfrey Cambridge (The President's Analyst), Calvin Lockhart (Predator 2), Raymond St. Jacques (They Live), Redd Foxx (Harlem Nights) and Helen Martin (Good Times).
This is a movie with a mediocre storyline but the circumstances and cast make up for it. Red Foxx is hilarious in this movie and there are beautiful women in this with a good mix of nudity thrown in here and there. The movie is a nice combination of comedy and action and contains lots of flying people. The plot is unpredictable and I really loved the ending.
Overall this is far from a blaxploitation classic but is still entertaining and worth a viewing. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.
This movie is directed by Ossie Davis (Black Girl) in his directorial debut and stars Godfrey Cambridge (The President's Analyst), Calvin Lockhart (Predator 2), Raymond St. Jacques (They Live), Redd Foxx (Harlem Nights) and Helen Martin (Good Times).
This is a movie with a mediocre storyline but the circumstances and cast make up for it. Red Foxx is hilarious in this movie and there are beautiful women in this with a good mix of nudity thrown in here and there. The movie is a nice combination of comedy and action and contains lots of flying people. The plot is unpredictable and I really loved the ending.
Overall this is far from a blaxploitation classic but is still entertaining and worth a viewing. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.