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Mood:
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- BuddiesCriminal HeroesGangGangstersNightlifeAmbitionDishonestyLifestyle more...
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Genres:
- ComedyCrimeDramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s
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- HarlemNew YorkNightclubUrban
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- Boys' Night
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- Irreverent Humor
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Harlem Nights, 1989
English
USA
Profile of Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights can be described as humorous, witty, and stylized. The plot revolves around nightlife, gangs, and criminal heroes. Its comic aspect comes from irreverent humor. Harlem Nights's main genres are comedy, crime, and drama. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, at a nightclub and in an urban environment. Harlem Nights is located in Harlem. It takes place in the 1930s. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that Harlem Nights involves sexual content and violent content.
Summary of Harlem Nights
Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) became Quick's (Eddie Murphy) adopted father when an adolescent Quick saved his life. More than two decades later, in 1938, Ray runs the most popular club in Harlem, with Quick as his right hand man. Before long, Bugsy, a white mobster (Michael Lerner) comes knocking for a piece of the club's action in the form of weekly protection money, with a crooked cop (Danny Aiello) as the muscle and a dangerous woman (Jasmine Guy) as the bait. But by fixing a big boxing match, Ray and Quick just may be able to thwart Bugsy's plan and make off with a wad of his cash in the process. Murphy wrote and directed.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 17 November 1989 |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
Cast and Crew
as Sugar Ray
as Quick
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Critics Reviews
The New York Times
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- by: Vincent Canby
Variety
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- by: Staff (Not Credited)
