Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.4/10   

Director:

Ossie Davis

Escritores:

Ossie Davis (writer)
Chester Himes (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 mayo 1970 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Comedia

Frase comercial:

Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER, two detectives only a mother could love.

Plot:

Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head...

Plot Keywords:

Black Cop | Cotton | Chase | Police | Swahili

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The TRUE origin of "blaxploitation"

Reparto

Godfrey Cambridge	...	Gravedigger Jones
Raymond St. Jacques	...	Coffin Ed Johnson
Calvin Lockhart	...	Rev. Deke O'Malley
Judy Pace	...	Iris
Redd Foxx	...	Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily Yancy	...	Mabel
John Anderson	...	Bryce
Lou Jacobi	...	Goodman
Eugene Roche	...	Anderson
J.D. Cannon	...	Calhoun
Mabel Robinson	...	Billie
Dick Sabol	...	Jarema
Cleavon Little	...	Lo Boy
Teddy Wilson	...	Barry (as Theodore Wilson)
Maxwell Glanville	...	Caspar

También conocida como:

Algodón en Harlem (Spain) [es]

Duración:

97 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1971) | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Formosa Productions

Errores:

Continuidad: During the car chase, the mirror on the driver's side of the police car gets shot off. Once the police car collides with the watermelon cart a few seconds later, the mirror reappears.

Citas:

Mabel: Now what would a bail of cotton be doing in Harlem?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Cotton Comes To Harlem

The TRUE origin of "blaxploitation"

COTTON COMES TO HARLEM is the adaptation of Chester Himes' 1965 novel of the same title and stars Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques as his two Harlem police detectives "Gravedigger" Jones and "Coffin" Ed Johnson respectively. Their motto: "[We] may have broke some heads, but we ain't never broke no promise." Jones and Johnson are on the trail of "Reverend" Deke O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart. O'Malley is funding a "Back to Africa" cruise by taking donations from the good people of the 'hood. However, before he can make his getaway, a robbery breaks out and the money, hidden in a bale of cotton, gets lost in Harlem. This sends the cops, O'Malley and the robbers on a wild search through the New York area for the stolen loot. Redd Foxx appears as a junk dealer (two years before SANFORD AND SON) who holds the key to the fate of the money.

Oddly enough, the movie is less rough then Himes' novel (which had quite a bit of rough language and sex in it), yet received an R rating back then. It would hardly register as a PG-13 today. COTTON COMES TO HARLEM should be seen to see the true origins of the genre known as "blaxploitation" (black exploitation movies).

COTTON is quite an enjoyable action romp. It is especially light compared to the later "blaxploitation" films that followed it.