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.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	MacDermot, Galt (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	United Artists Corporation MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors:	Goldwyn, Samuel, Jr., 1926-2015 (Producer) Perl, Arnold (Screenwriter) Davis, Ossie (Screenwriter, Director) Cambridge, Godfrey, 1933-1976 (Actor) St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990 (Actor) Lockhart, Calvin, 1934-2007 (Actor) Pace, Judy, 1946- (Actor) Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991 (Actor) Anderson, John, 1922-1992 (Actor) Yancy, Emily (Actor) Jacobi, Lou (Actor) Roche, Eugene, 1928-2004 (Actor) Cannon, J. D. (John Donovan), 1922-2005 (Actor) Hirschfeld, Gerald (Cinematographer) Gerard, Emanuel, 1926-1973 (Art director) Lovett, Robert Q. (Film editor) Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Soundtrack in English (mono) with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001], ©2001.
Series:	Soul cinema. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) > Drama. Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) > Drama. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Afronorteamericanos > Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) > Nueva York > Teatro. African Americans. Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) New York (State) > New York. Feature films. Comedy films. Detective and mystery films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Teatro. Feature films. Comedy films. Detective and mystery films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
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.
Note:	Originally released as motion picture in 1970. Based upon the novel "Back to Africa" by Chester Himes. Videorecording.
Call Number:	AF5 D0007700 VideoDVD
Audience:	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.