Cotton comes to Harlem / United Artists ; Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. presents ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. ; screenplay by Arnold Perl and Ossie Davis ; directed by Ossie Davis.
St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy.
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Language: | English French Spanish |
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English |
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Soundtrack in English (mono) with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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Santa Monica, CA :
MGM Home Entertainment,
[2001], ©2001.
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Series: | Soul cinema.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy. |
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Note: | Originally released as motion picture in 1970. Based upon the novel "Back to Africa" by Chester Himes. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | AF5 D0007700 VideoDVD |
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MPAA rating: R. |
ISBN: | 0792848284 9780792848288 |
Credits: | Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; art director, Manuel Gerard ; editor, Robert Q. Lovett ; music, Galt MacDermot. |
System Details: | DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono. |
Cast: |
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, John Anderson, Emily Yancy, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon. |