Wenn es Nacht wird in Manhattan (1970)
Reverend O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart) hat seine schwarzen Brüder um satte 87.000 Dollar geprellt. Das ruft die beiden smarten Detectives Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) und Grave Digger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) auf den Plan. Aber bevor die den diebischen Pfarrer dingfest machen können, wechseln die Scheinchen ganz unerwartet ihren Besitzer. - Süffisante Actionkomödie im hippen Harlem-Milieu.
Der Regisseur:
Ossie Davis
Die Autor:
Arnold Perl, Ossie Davis.
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Godfrey Cambridge as Gravedigger Jones |
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Raymond St. Jacques as Coffin Ed Johnson |
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Calvin Lockhart as Rev. Deke O'Malley |
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Judy Pace as Iris |
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Redd Foxx as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims |
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Emily Yancy as Mabel |
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John Anderson as Capt. Bryce |
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Lou Jacobi as Goodman |
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Eugene Roche as Lt. Anderson |
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J.D. Cannon as Calhoun |
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Mabel Robinson as Billie |
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Dick Sabol as Jarema |
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Cleavon Little as Lo Boy |
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Vinnette Carroll as Reba |
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Tommy Lane as "44" |
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Gilbert Lewis as Black Beret |
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Wally Taylor as Black Beret |
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Lawrence Cook as 1st Young Black Man |
| Directing | Ossie Davis | Director |
| Sound | Galt MacDermot | Music |
| Writing | Arnold Perl | Screenplay |
| Writing | Chester Himes | Novel |
| Production | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Producer |
| Writing | Ossie Davis | Screenplay |
| Editing | Barry Malkin | Associate Editor |
| Camera | Gerald Hirschfeld | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Hill Johnstone | Costume Design |
| Camera | Enrique Bravo | Camera Operator |
| Art | Emanuel Gerard | Art Direction |