Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970) - Credits and Details

Cotton Comes To Harlem Credits and Details

Directed by
	Ossie Davis
Written by
	Chester Himes	...	based upon the novel by
	Arnold Perl	...	screenplay
	Ossie Davis	...	screenplay
Cast
	Godfrey Cambridge	...	Grave Digger Jones
	Raymond St. Jacques	...	Coffin Ed Johnson
	Calvin Lockhart	...	Rev. Deke O'Malley
	Judy Pace	...	Iris
	Redd Foxx	...	Uncle Budd / Booker Washington Sims
	Emily Yancy	...	Mabel
	John Anderson	...	Capt. Bryce
	Lou Jacobi	...	Goodman
	Eugene Roche	...	Lt. Anderson
	J.D. Cannon	...	Calhoun
	Mabel Robinson	...	Billie
	Dick Sabol	...	Jarema
	Cleavon Little	...	Lo Boy
	Teddy Wilson	...	Barry (as Theodore Wilson)
	Maxwell Glanville	...	Caspar
	Arnold Williams	...	Hi Jenks
	Van Kirksey	...	Early Riser (as Van Kriksey)
	Helen Martin	...	Church Sister
	Irwin C. Watson	...	Minister
	Gertrude Jeannette	...	Sister Minnie
	Leonardo Cimino	...	Tom
	Simm Landres	...	Luddy
	Turk Turpin	...	Dum Dum
	Tommy Lane	...	'44'
	Gilbert Lewis	...	1st Black Beret
	Wally Taylor	...	2nd Black Beret
	William Pratt	...	3rd Black Beret
	Lisle Wilson	...	4th Black Beret
	John D. Anthony	...	5th Black Beret
	Anthony Chisholm	...	Black Plainclothesman
	Tony Brubaker	...	John Hill (as Anthony Brubaker)
	Jonelle Allen	...	Secretary
	Walter Scott	...	Cowboy (as Walter Scott Jr.)
	Jimmy Hayeson	...	Wino
	Lawrence Cook	...	1st Young Black Man
	Vincent Hamill	...	Lead picket
	Rudy Townsend	...	2nd Picket
	Vernée Watson	...	Woman (as Vernee Watson)
	Ernest Marks	...	Man
	Al Fann	...	Billie Boy
	Alyce Webb	...	Angry Woman
	Louis Whitman	...	Chicken Man
	Kenneth Manigault	...	Traveling Man
Uncredited Cast
	Don Bexley	...	Vendor in Crowd
	Vinnette Carroll	...	Reba
	Harold Gaetano	...	Plainclothesman
	Stanley Greene	...	Chep
	Albert Hall	...	Backround Detective
	Gene Lindsey	...	Luddy
	Melba Moore	...	Singer at the Apollo Theater
	Frederick O'Neal
	Mama Lu Parks	...	Woman
	Lee Steele	...	Sidewalk Fur Coat Salesman
	Demond Wilson	...	Rally Attendant
Produced by
	Samuel Goldwyn Jr.	...	producer
Original Music by
	Galt MacDermot
Special Effects by
	Ira Anderson Jr.	...	special effects
Stunts
	Max Kleven	...	stunt coordinator
	Alan Oliney	...	stunts
	Ernest Robinson	...	stunts

Additional Info
Premiere:	May 27, 1970
DVD Release:	January 09, 2001
Blu-ray Release:	September 09, 2014
Country:
Distributor:	Kino Video
Websites:

Ratings
6.5 / 10

Production Companies
Formosa Productions

Distributors
United Artists (1970) (United States) (theatrical)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1973) (United States) (broadcast premiere) (TV)
MGM Home Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS)
MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
Kino Lorber (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
The Criterion Channel (2025) (United States) (streaming) (TV)
Tubi TV (United States) (streaming) (video)

Filming Locations
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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