| Title |
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. |
| OCLC |
ocn891144852 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
738329138325 |
| Music number |
K1383 Kino Lorber |
| Publisher |
New York : Kino Lorber, [2014] |
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©2014. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video Region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Other
Subject heading/s |
Afronorteamericanos -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) -- Nueva York -- Teatro.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Detective and mystery films.
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Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| System details note |
DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono; Aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
| Cast |
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, John Anderson, Emily Yancy, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon, Cleavon Little. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; art director, Manuel Gerard ; editor, Robert Q. Lovett ; music, Galt MacDermot. |
| Target audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| 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. |
| Language note |
Soundtrack in English ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| General note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1970. |
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Based on the novel by Chester Himes. |
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