 The film saw the debut of Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, and Cleavon Little.Another debuted was Redd Foxx, already well-known as a veteran night club comic, leading him to be considered for the TV Show "Sanford and Son".Cambridge also starred as a white man who turns black in the motion picture comedy "Watermelon Man", which opened the same day as "Cotton Comes to Harlem".