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61% Critic Match
Harlem Nights
“They're up to something big.”
6.1 / 10• 1989• 1h 56m•R• English
ComedyCrimeDrama
Storyline
'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.
Cast & Crew
Eddie Murphy
Quick
Lead
Richard Pryor
Sugar Ray
Redd Foxx
Bennie Wilson
Danny Aiello
Phil Cantone
Michael Lerner
Bugsy Calhoune
Della Reese
Vera
Berlinda Tolbert
Annie
Stan Shaw
Jack Jenkins
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Eddie Murphy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Harlem Nights is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
