Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

6.1IMDb Score
Released:1989-11-17
Genre:Comedy, Crime, Drama
Duration:116 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Eddie Murphy
Actors:Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner
Production: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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