CULTURETECHLENSCotton Comes to Harlem
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Combined Graph record U-03139 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1270. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a film that premiered 27 May 1970 in Chicago (AFI Catalog). The film was the directorial debut of Ossie Davis (AFI Catalog: first-time director Ossie Davis; Harvard Film Archive: 'the first film directed by actor Ossie Davis'). The film is based on Chester Himes's 1965 novel Cotton Comes to Harlem (AFI Catalog). Principal cast as established by the fetched sources: Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques as the detective leads, with Calvin Lockhart.
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Cotton Comes to Harlem is a film that premiered 27 May 1970 in Chicago (AFI Catalog). The film was the directorial debut of Ossie Davis (AFI Catalog: first-time director Ossie Davis; Harvard Film Archive: 'the first film directed by actor Ossie Davis'). The film is based on Chester Himes's 1965 novel Cotton Comes to Harlem (AFI Catalog). Principal cast as established by the fetched sources: Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques as the detective leads, with Calvin Lockhart.
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- Year: 1970
- Work type: film
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- Grave Digger Jones — featured in → this record
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- https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23443-COTTON-COMES-TO-HARLEM?cxt=filmography (verification source · master store)
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Cotton Comes to Harlem is a film that premiered 27 May 1970 in Chicago (AFI Catalog). The film was the directorial debut of Ossie Davis (AFI Catalog: first-time director Ossie Davis; Harvard Film Archive: 'the first film directed by actor Ossie Davis'). The film is based on Chester Himes's 1965 novel Cotton Comes to Harlem (AFI Catalog). Principal cast as established by the fetched sources: Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques as the detective leads, with Calvin Lockhart.
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