Harlem Nights

Directed by Eddie Murphy
R
November 17, 1989    1h 56m    Box Office: $60.9MComedy, Crime,
6.127%80%6.0
"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.
  • Eddie MurphyQuick / Director / Screenplay / Executive Producer
  • Richard PryorSugar Ray
  • Redd FoxxBennie Wilson
  • Danny AielloPhil Cantone
  • Michael LernerBugsy Calhoune
  • Della ReeseVera
  • Berlinda TolbertAnnie
  • Stan ShawJack Jenkins
  • Jasmine GuyDominique La Rue
  • Vic PolizosRichie Vento
  • Lela RochonSunshine
  • David MarcianoTony
  • Arsenio HallCrying Man
  • Thomas Mikal FordTommy Smalls
  • Uncle Ray MurphyWillie (as Uncle Ray)
  • Michael GoldfingerMax
  • Joe PecoraroJoe Leoni
  • Robin HarrisJerome
  • Charlie MurphyJimmy
  • Miguel A. Núñez Jr.Man with Broken Nose

Harlem Nights Ratings & Reviews

  • Robert GreenMay 29, 2025
    It's not for everybody. But it's a comedy gold for several generations of Black families.

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