6.8
Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday
2022
Introducing COFFIN ED and GRAVEDIGGER. Two detectives only a mother could love.
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.
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.
Godfrey CambridgeGravedigger Jones
Raymond St. JacquesCoffin Ed Johnson
Calvin LockhartRev. Deke O'Malley
Judy PaceIris
Redd FoxxUncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily YancyMabel
John AndersonCapt. Bryce
Lou JacobiGoodman
Eugene RocheLt. Anderson
J.D. CannonCalhoun
Cleavon LittleLo Boy
Tommy Lane"44"
Gilbert LewisBlack Beret
Wally TaylorBlack Beret
Lawrence Cook1st Young Black Man
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A very different but strong angle on the typical Blaxploitation flick. I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I haven't seen a lot of Ossie Davis' work, either directing (which he does here) or acting (besides 'Bubba Ho-Tep' from late in his career), but it makes me want to check out a lot more. Well worth your trouble to find, worth buying and rewatching, in fact.
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