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Harlem Nights. Eddie Murphy 's "Harlem Nights" is an uninspired cross between "The Cotton Club" and the characters of Damon Runyon, told in cliches so broad you keep waiting for it to poke fun at itself, but it never does. The movie stars Richard Pryor as a Harlem speakeasy owner and Murphy as his adopted son, and plugs them into a plot ...
In the waning days of Prohibition, Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) and his adopted son, Quick (Eddie Murphy), run a speakeasy called Club Sugar Ray. When gangster Bugsy Calhoune (Michael Lerner) learns ...
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User Reviews. Harlem Nights is a great that stars the funniest three black comics to ever grace a comdey stage. Eddie Murphy knew what he was doing when he decided to cast Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor in the other two male leads. The film has great one-liners and a amusing fight scene between Eddie and Della Reese.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2022. Cory Woodroof 615 Film. Look, this is a better film than Dick Tracy, and almost as interesting aesthetically. This also has Eddie Murphy, Richard ...
Nov 17, 1989 · Harlem Nights: Directed by Eddie Murphy. With Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello. During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
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- 1989-11-17
Harlem Nights was released in the United States and Canada on November 17, 1989. During its opening weekend it grossed a total of $16.1 million from 2,180 theaters—an average of $7,383 per theater—making it the highest grossing film of the weekend, ahead of Look Who's Talking ($8.5 million) in its sixth week of release, and the debuting The Little Mermaid ($6 million).
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Parents need to know that Harlem Nights is a violent, yet ridiculous, comedy gangster movie written, directed, and starring Eddie Murphy as Quick and Richard Pryor as his father, Sugar Ray. A period piece set in the 1930s and typical of gangster movies set in this era, the movie is bookended with gun violence,….
