A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem

In the next 24 hours they'll have to outrun the law, outsmart the mob and outshoot the competition.

1991•1h 55m•5.4/10

CrimeComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.4/10(55)

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

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Production

Palace Pictures, Miramax, New Line Cinema

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Jackson

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Goldy

Robin Givens

Robin Givens

Imabelle

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Easy Money

Samm-Art Williams

Samm-Art Williams

Gus Parsons

Zakes Mokae

Zakes Mokae

Big Kathy

T.K. Carter

T.K. Carter

Smitty

Stack Pierce

Stack Pierce

Coffin Ed

Anthonia Kitchen

Anthonia Kitchen

Mourner

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Self

Reynaldo Rey

Reynaldo Rey

Blind Man

Willard E. Pugh

Willard E. Pugh

Claude X

Tyler Collins

Teena

Badja Djola

Badja Djola

Slim

John Toles-Bey

John Toles-Bey

Jodie

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce

Louis

George Wallace

George Wallace

Grave Digger

Leonard Jackson

Leonard Jackson

Mr. Clay

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