---
title: 'Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ossie Davis'
released: '1970-05-27'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cotton-comes-to-harlem-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065579/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

1970 · 97 min · Comedy, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 American neo-noir action comedy film co-written and directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx. The film, later cited as an early example of the blaxploitation genre, is based on Chester Himes' novel of the same name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ossie Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ossie-davis)
- **Screenplay:** [Ossie Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ossie-davis), [Arnold Perl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-perl)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Galt MacDermot](https://cinepixo.com/people/galt-macdermot)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerald Hirschfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-hirschfeld)
- **Editor:** [Robert Q. Lovett](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-q-lovett)

## Cast

- [Lisle Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisle-wilson)
- [Vinnette Justine Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/vinnette-justine-carroll)
- [Judy Pace](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-pace)
- [Eugene Roche](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-roche)
- [Theodore Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-wilson)
- [Emily Yancy](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-yancy)
- [Helen Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-martin)
- [J. D. Cannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-d-cannon)
- [John Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-anderson)
- [Calvin Lockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/calvin-lockhart)
- [Gertrude Jeannette](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrude-jeannette)
- [Leonardo Cimino](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-cimino)
- [Anthony Chisholm](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-chisholm)
- [Godfrey Cambridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/godfrey-cambridge)
- [Cleavon Little](https://cinepixo.com/people/cleavon-little)

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