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Harlem Nights
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6.1'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.
Released: 1989-11-17116 minDir: Eddie MurphyComedy, Crime, DramaBudget: $30.0MBox office: $60.9M
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Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Quick
- Richard Pryor as Sugar Ray
- Redd Foxx as Bennie Wilson
- Danny Aiello as Phil Cantone
- Michael Lerner as Bugsy Calhoune
- Della Reese as Vera
Themes
- corruption
- police
- nightclub
- rivalry
- friends
- hoodlum
- nightclub owner
- harlem, new york city
- 1920s
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- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 578695
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- publication date
- 1990-04-12
- title
- Harlem Nights
- capital cost
- 30000000
- review score
- 16/100
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1980s buddy comedy-drama films1980s buddy cop films1980s crime comedy-drama films1980s heist films1980s police comedy films1980s police procedural films1989 American films1989 directorial debut films1989 English-language films1989 films1989 in American cinemaAfrican-American comedy-drama filmsAmerican buddy comedy-drama filmsAmerican buddy cop filmsAmerican crime comedy-drama filmsAmerican heist filmsAmerican police detective filmsEnglish-language buddy comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language crime comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about African-American organized crimeFilms about organized crime in the United StatesFilms directed by Eddie MurphyFilms scored by Herbie Hancock