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Cotton Comes to Harlem Quotes

Cotton Comes to Harlem is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Cotton Comes to Harlem stopped airing in 1970.

It features Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. as producer, Galt MacDermot in charge of musical score, and Gerald Hirschfeld as head of cinematography.

Cotton Comes to Harlem is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Cotton Comes to Harlem is 97 minutes long. Cotton Comes to Harlem is distributed by United Artists.

The cast includes: Theodore Wilson as Barry, Redd Foxx as Uncle Bud, Cleavon Little as Lo Boy, Emily Yancy as Mabel, Judy Pace as Iris, Dick Sabol as Jarema, John Anderson as Bryce, Mabel Robinson as Billie, Eugene Roche as Anderson, and Lou Jacobi as Man.

Cotton Comes to Harlem Quotes

Mabel Robinson as Billie

  • (Mabel Robinson) "Uncle Tom is what they are. My dance has got to say something about my people. Black people. We've got to set our peoples minds to thinking."

Theodore Wilson as Barry

  • (Theodore Wilson) "Was that black enough for you?"
  • (Redd Foxx) "It ain't, but it's gonna be."

Lou Jacobi as Man

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Judy Pace as Iris

  • (Judy Pace) "You took that ship, that big ol' lack ship, "Black Beauty," n' you smashed it down on that poor girl's head."
  • (Judy Pace) "They say the badder the woman, the better the smell. Come sniff."

Eugene Roche as Anderson

  • (Eugene Roche) "You've got to understand Ed and Digger, sir."
  • (John Anderson) "I understand those two, all right. Too quick with their fists. Too flip with their talk. Too fast with their guns. And too damn black maniacs on a powder keg."
  • (Unnamed) "Hey, Ed."
  • (Unnamed) "What is it?"
  • (Unnamed) "Look at this. Cotton, from inside the meat truck."
  • (Unnamed) "One thing for sure, it ain't drugstore cotton."
  • (Eugene Roche) "What is it?"
  • (Unnamed) "It's raw, unprocessed cotton. Like from a bale."
  • (Unnamed) "Ohhh, it's a long time since I've seen cotton like that."
  • (Unnamed) "Digger, you ain't never seen no raw cotton before. You were born and raised right here in New York, just like me."

Emily Yancy as Mabel

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

John Anderson as Bryce

  • (John Anderson) "Say, do you have to play with that thing?"
  • (Unnamed) "I'm insecure, Captain."

Cleavon Little as Lo Boy

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