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A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 American crime film directed by Bill Duke and loosely based on Chester Himes' novel A Rage in Harlem. The film stars Forest Whitaker, Danny Glover, Badja Djola, Robin Givens and Gregory Hines.
May 3, 1991 · A Rage in Harlem: Directed by Bill Duke. With Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae. A gangster's girlfriend flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang are on her trail.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Bill Duke
- 1991-05-03
After her gangster boyfriend, Slim (Badja Djola), has a shootout with the police, Imabelle (Robin Givens) flees Natchez, Miss., with his stolen gold. She ends up New...
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- Bill Duke
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- Forest Whitaker
May 3, 1991 · The relationship between Jackson and Imabelle is at the heart of "A Rage in Harlem," which is based on a novel by Chester Himes (1909-1984), who specialized in atmospheric crime novels. The film has walk-ons for two of his familiar characters, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, made famous in his Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965, filmed in ...
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Bill Duke directs this quirky film adaptation of Chester Himes' crime novel -- a heavily plotted gangster tale with a sweet love story hidden underneath. The film begins in Natchez, Mississippi in 1956.
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Aug 18, 2003 · Brief Synopsis. Set in 1956, the story revolves around two step-brothers, their elaborate plans to get rich, and the woman the younger brother falls for.
