Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem streams in the US on ScreenPix Apple TV channel, and free with ads on The Roku Channel and Tubi TV, as of October 6, 2026.

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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.