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Post by Kaz ~;~ on Sept 4, 2010 13:10:03 GMT -5
[/size][/url][/center] ----------------------- Director: Ossie Davis
Writers: Ossie Davis
Chester Himes (novel)
Arnold Perl -------------------------- Plot Summary:: Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head. Both are annoyed at the success of the Reverend Deke O'Mailey who is selling trips back to Africa to the poor on the installment plan. When his truck is hijacked and a bale of cotton stuffed with money is lost in the chase, Harlem is turned upside down by Gravedigger and Coffin Ed, the Reverend, and the hijackers. =============================== (Cast)
Godfrey Cambridge ... Gravedigger Jones
Raymond St. Jacques ... Coffin Ed Johnson
Calvin Lockhart ... Rev. Deke O'Malley
Judy Pace ... Iris
Redd Foxx ... Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily Yancy ... Mabel
John Anderson ... Bryce
Lou Jacobi ... Goodman
Eugene Roche ... Anderson
J.D. Cannon ... Calhoun
Mabel Robinson ... Billie
Dick Sabol ... Jarema
Cleavon Little ... Lo Boy
Teddy Wilson ... Barry
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