Great 70s blaxploitation flick about crime & life in Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem was loosely based upon a Chester Himes novel. Himes wrote a series of great crime stories based in Harlem using the characters of Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, two black New York City cops. In the 1970 movie co-written and directed by actor Ossie Davis, the two detectives were played by Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques respectively.<br /><br />Things start with preacher Reverend Deke O’Malley played by Calvin Lockhart being robbed while he was holding an outdoor rally. Jones and Johnson were present and have a high speech chase to catch the thieves. The problem is when the get away truck crashes there’s no money found. That’s the mystery that the two cops have to solve, where did the $87,000 in cash go? The only hint is some cotton found, which is where the title of the book and movie comes from.<br /><br />The movie tries and succeeds in presenting a fuller picture of black life in America rarely seen in Hollywood. There’s the street preachers like O’Malley, the police like Jones and Johnson, the criminals like the robbers, but also a series of petty ones like a man dressed as a woman who steals some furs off a streets salesman, the church women, the revolutionaries that sprouted from the Black Power movement like a group conducting a Swahili class, to the Afrocentric artists of a dancer at the Apollo Theater. There are also a series of great street shots showing the people and businesses of Harlem in all their variety.<br /><br />The movie also has plenty of comedic moments. For instance, while Jones and Johnson are chasing the robbers a group of beautiful black women walk up the street in African inspired garbs while a man jumps for joy seeing them and trying to flirt with them. Another time two scammers are trying to rob a woman while one claims to be painting her picture, while the other is cutting her skirt to get her wallet.<br /><br />The music is also a highlight of the film written by Galt MacDermot.<br /><br />Overall, a great presentation of 70s black cinema.
The movie title "Cotton Comes To Harlem," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 846 reviewers. 
It features elements such as IMDb 6.5, 1 h 36 min, 1970, X-Ray and R, and it is priced at $14.99.

This title falls under the categories of Comedy, Action, Biting and Joyous. 
The additional details include the following in key-value format :
 {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Ossie Davis"], "Producers": ["Samuel Goldwyn Jr."], "Starring": ["Godfrey Cambridge", "Raymond St. Jacques", "Calvin Lockhart"]}

Here is a brief synopsis of the title : While investigating a criminal minister for wrongly collecting money for a fund raiser, two New York City cops discover a truck load of cotton bales stuffed with money has been hijacked leaving everyone in Harlem looking for the lost loot..