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Cotton Comes to Harlem
Why this pick
Another Chester Himes-inspired Harlem caper, with crooked operators, community color, and a playful chase-driven crime plot that shares the original’s vibrant, offbeat energy.
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MOVIE1991 1h 55m GBR
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Forest Whitaker
Jackson
T. K. Carter
Smitty
Stack Pierce
Coffin Ed
Willard E. Pugh
Gregory Hines
Goldy
Robin Givens
Imabelle
Danny Glover
Easy Money