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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: COTTON COMES TO HARLEM review
Description: In which my buddy, Sonny Chiba, joins me in reviewing COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970), which is available on Epix, Prime, Paramount+ and Pluto TV.  The film, written by Ossie Davis and Arnold Perl, from the novel by Chester Himes, is directed by Ossie Davis and was his directorial debut. The story follows two cops in Harlem, Grave Digger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) as they try to find out exactly who came and committed a robbery in broad daylight during a fundraising event hosted by Rev. Deke O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart). The film mixes clever dialogu...