Harlem Nights (1989)

Release date: 1989-11-17
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Eddie Murphy
Production Co: Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rating: 6.1/10
Length: 1h 56min

Storyline

"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contends with the pressures of vicious gangsters and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1930s, any dastardly trick is fair.

Plot Keywords

black comedy, harlem manhattan new york city, african american, nightclub, tough girl, tough guy, place name in title, manhattan new york city, historical event, white male black female relationship, mistress, loss of girlfriend, interracial relationship, smoking, cigar smoking, mexican standoff, pistol, razor, knife, dirty cop

Short Review

''Harlem Nights,'' it's worth remembering, is a comedy, though as the body count piles up and entire reels go by without a joke in sight, it's also easy to forget.