Cotton Comes to Harlem

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blaxploitation film comedy film crime film film

Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 blaxploitation comedy-crime film, directed by Ossie Davis, that follows two Harlem detectives investigating a con man's fraudulent back-to-Africa scheme.

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Cotton Comes to Harlem canonical 3
Cotton Comes to Harlem (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blaxploitation film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn Cotton Comes to Harlem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cotton Comes to Harlem (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Chester Himes ⓘ
castMember Calvin Lockhart ⓘ
Godfrey Cambridge ⓘ
Judy Pace ⓘ
Ossie Davis ⓘ
Raymond St. Jacques ⓘ
Redd Foxx ⓘ
cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld ⓘ
surface form: Gerry Hirschfeld
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ossie Davis ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Robert Q. Lovett ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
follows two Harlem detectives ⓘ
genre blaxploitation ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
crime ⓘ
hasSequel Come Back, Charleston Blue ⓘ
leadActor Godfrey Cambridge ⓘ
Raymond St. Jacques ⓘ
mainCharacter Coffin Ed Johnson ⓘ
Gravedigger Jones ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy Galt MacDermot ⓘ
narrativeFocus African American community in Harlem ⓘ
notableFor early example of the blaxploitation genre ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Two Harlem detectives investigate a con man’s fraudulent back-to-Africa scheme. ⓘ
producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ⓘ
productionCompany Cinerama Releasing Corporation ⓘ
surface form: The Cinerama Releasing Corporation
releaseDate 1970-05-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 97 ⓘ
screenwriter Arnold Perl ⓘ
Ossie Davis ⓘ
setIn Harlem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
theme black empowerment ⓘ
fraudulent back-to-Africa schemes ⓘ
urban crime ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 1960s ⓘ
title Cotton Comes to Harlem self-link ⓘ

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Redd Foxx → film → Cotton Comes to Harlem ⓘ
Cotton Comes to Harlem → title → Cotton Comes to Harlem self-link ⓘ
Cotton Comes to Harlem → basedOn → Cotton Comes to Harlem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cotton Comes to Harlem (novel)
John Elroy Sanford → notableWork → Cotton Comes to Harlem ⓘ