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They're up to something big. - Harlem Nights
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Title: Harlem Nights

Release Date: 17 Nov 1989

Runtime: 1h 56m

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director: Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions

Overview: 'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.1 (313 votes)

Cast

  • Quick: Eddie Murphy
  • Sugar Ray: Richard Pryor
  • Bennie Wilson: Redd Foxx
  • Phil Cantone: Danny Aiello
  • Bugsy Calhoune: Michael Lerner
  • Vera: Della Reese
  • Annie: Berlinda Tolbert
  • Sunshine: Lela Rochon
  • Dominique La Rue: Jasmine Guy
  • Crapshooter: Christopher Jackson
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