Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.
Director: Ossie Davis
Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart
Overview
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.
Director
Ossie Davis
Production
Formosa Productions
Cast
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, Emily Yancy, John Anderson, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon, Mabel Robinson, Dick Sabol, Cleavon Little, Vinnette Carroll, Tommy Lane, Gilbert Lewis, Wally Taylor, Lawrence Cook