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Release Date: 1989

Cast: Danny Aiello, Vic Polizos, David Marciano, Arsenio Hall, Jasmine Guy, Michael Lerner, Bobby McGee, Lela Rochon, Nona Gaye, Charlie Murphy, Stan Shaw, Richard Pryor ...MORE

Cast: Danny Aiello, Vic Polizos, David Marciano, Arsenio Hall, Jasmine Guy, Michael Lerner, Bobby McGee, Lela Rochon, Nona Gaye, Charlie Murphy, Stan Shaw, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Della Reese, Berlinda Tolbert ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Crime Comedy, Action, Comedy-drama, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Period piece, Gangster

Harlem Nights is a 1989 comedy-drama crime film starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. The film also featured Michael Lerner, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Della Reese and Murphy's brother Charlie Murphy. Murphy and Pryor star as a father-and-son team running a nightclub in late-1930s Harlem, New York while contending with gangsters and corrupt police officials. Murphy wrote, and directed the film (Murphy was nominated for Worst Director at the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards, his only directorial effort; the film "won" Worst Screenplay) and served as an executive producer. He had always wanted... MORE

Harlem Nights is a 1989 comedy-drama crime film starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. The film also featured Michael Lerner, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Della Reese and Murphy's brother Charlie Murphy. Murphy and Pryor star as a father-and-son team running a nightclub in late-1930s Harlem, New York while contending with gangsters and corrupt police officials. Murphy wrote, and directed the film (Murphy was nominated for Worst Director at the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards, his only directorial effort; the film "won" Worst Screenplay) and served as an executive producer. He had always wanted to direct and star in a period piece, as well as work with Pryor, whom he considered his greatest influence in stand-up comedy. Although Harlem Nights was a critical failure, it was a financial success, grossing 3½ times the amount it cost to make it (worldwide); it is well known for starring three generations of African-American comedians (Foxx, b. 1922 d. 1991; Pryor, b. 1940 d. 2005; and Murphy, b. 1961). In Harlem, New York, 1918, Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) has a dice game going in the back of his candy store. After nearly being killed by an angry man who lost money, Ray is saved when an LESS