Godfrey Cambridge

  • Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (1970)

    1961-1970BlaxploitationComedyExploitationMelvin Van PeeblesUSA

    An extremely bigoted white man finds out the hard (and somewhat humorous) way what it’s like being a black man, firsthand!Read More »

  • Arthur Marks – Friday Foster (1975)

    USA1971-1980ActionArthur MarksBlaxploitationExploitation

    A woman looking for adventure finds romance, excitement and danger in her viewfinder in this action-packed comedy-drama. Friday Foster (Pam Grier) is a beautiful and ambitious young photographer who is working as an assistant at Glance Magazine, edited by the hard-boiled Monk Riley (Julius Harris). When Riley can’t get in touch with his first-call photographer, he calls Foster with a very important New Year’s Eve assignment — reclusive billionaire Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala), often called “the black Howard Hughes,” is expected to be coming to Los Angeles, and Riley wants pictures of Tarr’s arrival.Read More »

  • Ossie Davis – Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

    1961-1970CrimeCultOssie DavisUSA

    Synopsis:
    Harlem’s African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O’Malley (Calvin Lockhart), who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) look into O’Malley’s scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. But the police, O’Malley and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.Read More »

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