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Cotton Comes to Harlem Page #5
- R
- Year:
- 1970
- 97 min
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All right. You better
send out a recall.
Station house alert.
We'll try to hold this
right where it is,
but if anything happens,
if it gets out of control,
go to signal 1039.
Ok.
Free deke o'malley!
Free deke o'malley!
People,
just settle down.
Hey, what the hell
is going on here?
Riot.
Free deke o'malley!
Free deke o'malley!
area, commissioner.
What are you
standing there for?!
Get out and get
those riot guns!
I don't give a damn!
Find ed and digger
if it takes
all afternoon!
Hold 'em right
where they are-
now that I have
your attention,
let's bow our heads.
Free deke o'malley!
Free deke o'malley!
Free deke o'malley!
Free deke o'malley!
Man:
Who the hellasked you to come here?
He will be free,
but not this way.
Jarema, they're gonna
try to take o'malley.
Don't you worry, reverend.
I know how to use this thing,
and I'll protect you
with the last breath
in my body.
Oh, I know you will,
officer.
I know you will.
Get out of here!
Hold it there.
Now cool it!
Hold it!
Quiet down!
All right,
get inside.
What in
the goddamn hell?
Let 'em inside,
officers.
All right, take those
guns out of here.
We'll take it from here.
Hold it!
Hold it
right there!
Hey, we know
what you cops do
in the precinct basement.
How do we know
deke o'malley ain't dead?
'Cause I say he ain't!
And I'm the doctor.
You filthy pigs!
Free deke o'malley!
Shut up, white boy!
I'm talking
about my money!
Me and my family
put up $1,000, and we ain't
heard from it since.
If you police don't
do something, we will.
Tear the damn precinct down!
Burn the mother
to the ground!
Give us our money!
I want my money now!
I want my money, man.
Shut up!
Digger and I
will do our damnedest
to get the money back.
We promise.
Hell with promises!
Anybody out there
or the grave digger
make a promise
we didn't keep?
We may have
broken some heads,
but we never broke
no promises.
Now go on home!
Fascist pigs!
Free deke o'malley!
Commie pigs!
Fascist commies!
Where the hell
you going?
Well, ain't this
the going-back-to-africa rally?
No, brother. It is
the going-home rally.
Now move it.
Sergeant,
my name is callahan.
I'm the attorney
for reverend o'malley.
I have a writ
for his release,
signed by judge
glossner.
This'll take
a few minutes.
Ok. I'll go down
and tell him.
I thank all of you.
I'm obliged to you
for coming down here
for me and my fellow prisoners.
Amen.
Amen.
Inasmuch as you've done unto
one of these, my little ones,
you've done unto me.
Amen.
Amen.
Minister:
Just the wayyou wanted it.
O'malley:
Praise the lord,brother, amen.
What about your tray,
sister minnie?
It's all yours,
reverend.
I thank you, sister,
but I'd be much obliged
if you'd take that tray over
to sister iris over there.
Well, if you say so,
reverend.
I do say so, sister.
And, sister minnie,
the lord loveth
a cheerful giver.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
A jealous hysterical woman...
will do anything, including
lie, to hurt o'malley.
Is that the case?
No. There's a bale
of cotton,
the white man
that digger spotted,
the shoot-out,
and the vicious murder
of booker
washington simms.
Who?
Uncle budd, the old
junk dealer.
We're still dragging
the river for his body.
And all ed and digger
want to do
is hold o'malley
for one more day.
What?
They think
that they can-
don't tell me what they think.
Tell me what you think.
Or don't you
do that anymore?
We could hold him
on a technicality
for 24 hours,
it being sunday.
Jones!
Johnson!
Did I or lieutenant anderson
or anybody else
authorize you
out there this afternoon?
No, sir.
Good. Then you recognize
that the precinct
is in no way responsible
for your foolish statements
or anything else.
It was getting a little
hairy out there.
It was a flagrant breach
of police procedure.
I won't have it.
That all, sir?
That is not all!
In spite of the fact
that we came within one inch
of a riot out there
this afternoon
and we have no proof whatsoever
against reverend o'malley,
anderson tells me you want me
to hold him another day.
That's right, sir.
You're out of your minds,
both of you.
Do you have to play
with that thing?
I'm insecure, captain.
But the question
still is,
can we hold him
another day?
I'm not finished.
You've allowed
your personal prejudice
to get in the way
of your judgment.
You've bungled
this whole thing
from beginning to end.
And you and your partner
have turned this entire
investigation
into a personal vendetta
against reverend o'malley.
Vendetta?
Vendetta!
O'malley's a rotten,
thieving, lying-
it doesn't matter
what he is.
It's no concern
of yours anymore.
I'm taking you off the case.
Thank you, sir.
What?
You want us off the case?
You got us off.
What was that all about?
I don't know.
But now I'm really worried.
Woman:
Where is deke?Second woman:
There he is.
No pictures, no pictures.
Reverend o'malley.
Yes, sir.
Could we have one word
with you in private?
One word in private.
We understand you're
looking for a white man
and a bale of cotton.
We got 'em both.
Uh, callahan,
will you excuse me?
Sister minnie.
I'll see you later.
Well, there goes that
$87,000 promise you made.
Wemade, old buddy.
Wemade.
Yeah, wemade.
The next time you're
making out an i.o.u.,
include me out, huh?
What we need is some
new bait for that trap.
A whole new kind of fox.
Look, man,
I'm not in any mood
for another one of your
A stone fox.
Somebody
who wants o'malley
worse than we do.
Hey, lady.
Where's my pastor?!
Where's my pastor?!
Now, hold on, now.
What did you-what did you
do with my pastor?
Wait a minute. Hold it.
Just a minute, now.
How the hell did you
get in here?
She's with the delegation.
Don't you remember?
If y'all don't give me
back my pastor,
the stomach with this umbrella.
Now, watch it, lady.
O'malley ain't here.
He's been released.
Give me back my pastor.
O'malley ain't here,
I tell you,
and if you don't get
the hell out of here
with all that noise,
I'm gonna jail you.
And stay out.
What's the matter
with that old bag?
My people.
Iris!
Don't "iris" me, you
honey-dripping bastard!
Let go of me!
Take your hands off her.
Cool it, baby.
Get your hands
off of me.
Tie her up.
Nobody two-times iris
and gets away with it.
Tie her up,
for god's sake.
Looks like I'm not
the only one
our preacher friend's
crossed.
What the-
what'd he do to you?
None of your
goddamn business.
Cut me loose, calhoun.
Hand over the money,
I'll cut you loose.
How many times do I have
to tell you, you idiot?
I don't know
where it's at.
Mm-hmm.
What about iris?
She don't know,
either.
Look, man,
quit playing games.
Hmm?
Cut me loose.
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