Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

They're up to something big.

1989•1h 56m•6.1/10

ComedyCrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(338)

'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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Production

Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Quick

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Sugar Ray

Redd Foxx

Redd Foxx

Bennie Wilson

Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello

Phil Cantone

Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner

Bugsy Calhoune

Della Reese

Della Reese

Vera

Berlinda Tolbert

Berlinda Tolbert

Annie

Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Jack Jenkins

Jasmine Guy

Jasmine Guy

Dominique La Rue

Vic Polizos

Vic Polizos

Richie Vento

Lela Rochon

Lela Rochon

Sunshine

David Marciano

David Marciano

Tony

Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall

Crying Man

Thomas Mikal Ford

Thomas Mikal Ford

Tommy Smalls

Uncle Ray Murphy

Willie (as Uncle Ray)

Michael Goldfinger

Michael Goldfinger

Max

Joe Pecoraro

Joe Leoni

Robin Harris

Robin Harris

Jerome

Charlie Murphy

Charlie Murphy

Jimmy

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Man with Broken Nose

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