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Harlem Nights

Year:
Duration:
116 min
Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
5.8
Director:
Eddie Murphy
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1989-11-17
Filming Locations: Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $30,000,000
Gross: $60,864,870 (USA)$95,900,000 (Worldwide)
Cast
Actor
Character
Eddie Murphy
Quick
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
Jasmine Guy
Dominique La Rue
Vic Polizos
Richie Vento
Lela Rochon
Sunshine
David Marciano
Tony
Arsenio Hall
Crying Man
Thomas Mikal Ford
Tommy Smalls (as Tommy Ford)
Uncle Ray Murphy
Willie (as Uncle Ray)
Michael Goldfinger
Max
Joe Pecoraro
Joe Leoni
Robin Harris
Jerome
Charlie Murphy
Jimmy (as Charles Q. Murphy)
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Man with Broken Nose
Desi Arnez Hines II
Young Quick
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Toothless Gambler
J. Kennedy Horne
Gambler
Bobby McGee
Gambler
Nick Savage
Gambler
Johnny Lee Smith
Huge Man (as Johnny Smith)
Robi Reed
Woman Employee (as Robin Lynn Reed)
Ty Granderson Jones
Crapshooter (as Tyrone Granderson Jones)
Dan Tullis Jr.
Crapshooter
Don Blakely
Crapshooter
Christopher Jackson
Crapshooter (as Chris Jackson)
Roy Lee Jones
Crapshooter (as Roy L. Jones)
Howard 'Sandman' Sims
Crapshooter
Roger E. Reid
Crapshooter
Rudy Challenger
Patron
Steve White
Patron
Dexter A. Wilkins
Patron
Nona Gaye
Patron
Bill Bateman
Orderly
Kathleen Bradley
Lady
Clarence Landry
Old Man (as Clarence M. Landry)
Carmen Filpi
Doorman
Alvin Silver
Headwaiter
Clifford Strong
Man at Front Seat (as Cliff Strong)
Margaret Wheeler
Elderly Woman
Joe Littlefield
Elderly Man
Rick Aiello
Man #1
Donald Nardini
Man #2
Robert Vento
Bartender
Mike Genovese
Desk Sergeant
Dennis Lee Kelly
Cop
William Utay
Cop
Michael Buffer
Announcer
Marc Figueroa
One of Calhoune's Boys
George Kyle
Man at Bugsy's
Eugene Robert Glazer
Detective Hogan (as Eugene R. Glazer)
Michael Stroka
Detective Simms
Eddie Smith
Driver
Gene Hartline
Michael Kirkpatrick
Karen Armstead
Bennie's Girlfriend
Lezley Price
Nurse
Randy Harris
Todo La Noche
Woody Omens
Ringside Announcer
Don Familton
Referee
Dennis Kemper
Bathroom Attendant
Larry L. Johnson
King Blue
Prince C. Spencer
Prince Spencer
Roberto Durán
Roberto
John Kennedy Horne
Gambler (as J. Kennedy Horne)
Michelle Stevenson
Club Singer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
During the scene at Sugar Ray's house detective Phil Cantone falsely sings "It Don't Mean a Thing" by Duke Ellington. In real life, actor Danny Aiello is an accomplished jazz singer.
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The earlier Eddie Murphy movie from Paramount Pictures, 48 Hrs. (1982) was, during the late 1970s, originally designed as a vehicle for Richard Pryor as the con (with Clint Eastwood as the cop). The picture, then in development at Columbia Pictures, went into turnaround for a time, and didn't go back into development for another couple of years, where it re-surfaced at Paramount, the studio which had a near-total monopoly on Murphy movies during the 1980s, and this included both 48 Hrs. (1982) and Harlem Nights (1989).
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The film was made and released about fifty-one years after its main time period in which it was set, which was 1938. Briefly during the start of the picture, the movie is set at the start twenty years earlier, in 1918, about seventy-one years prior to when the movie was made and released.
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Goofs
A double yellow line dividing the road can be seen when Quick is being chased down the highway by Tommy Small's brother. Center lines in 1938 were painted white. Double yellow lines were not used on US Highways until 1971.
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After Jack Jenkins leaves Sugar Ray's and Quick's table in the restaurant, they talk about the 3 to 1 odds they will receive on Jenkins for the upcoming fight. When Phil and Bugsy are talking in the sauna, They say the odds for Jenkins' opponent, Kirkpatrick are 3 to 1. They are saying that the odds on both fighters are the same.
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Quotes
Quick: You're gonna be the nine-toed-havingest-limpingest bitch in Harlem if you don't stop fucking with me. Now put the razor away.
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Bennie Wilson: Excuse me, I got somethin' in my eye.
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Sugar Ray: Damn, I'm sure gonna miss that place. You know we can't ever go back there again.
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Photos from cast
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