Harlem Nights (1989)
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Cast
as Quick
as Sugar Ray
as Bennie Wilson
as Phil Cantone
as Bugsy Calhoune
as Vera
as Annie
as Jack Jenkins
as Dominique La Rue
as Richie Vento
as Sunshine
as Crying Man
as Willie
as Jerome
as Tony
as Jimmy
as Tommy Smalls
as Tommy Smalls
as Max
as Joe Leoni
as Man with Broken Nose
as Young Quick
as Gambler
as Crapshooter
as Toothless Gambler
as Himself
as Bouncer
as Gambler
as Gambler
as Crapshooter
as Crapshooter
as Crapshooter
as Patron
as Patron
as Orderly
as Lady
as Old Man
as Headwaiter
as Elderly Woman
as Man #1
as Man #2
as Bartender
as Cop
as Announcer
as One of Calhoune's Boys
as Man at Bugsy's
as Detective Simms
as Driver
as Michael Kirkpatrick
as Todo La Noche
as Ringside Announcer
as Crapshooter
as Detective Hogan
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Murphy's writing is about as snappy as a Sunday school lesson. The constant obscenities become a distraction and an eventual turnoff, and seem to be used when the writer and director can't invent something more creative.
The movie is a whirlingly divergent romp, blending serious violence with outrageous comedy, but it has the feel of oral history, of lives and times rescued from oblivion.
Does it matter to Eddie Murphy whether Harlem Nights is good or bad? It doesn't look like it.
An uninspired cross between 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.
Once there was Freddy. Once there was Chuckie and Jason and Howard the Duck. Now there is the scariest of them all. Now there is Harlem Nights.
Not as bad as you might think, but not all that good either.
Audience Reviews for Harlem Nights
This movie, directed by Eddie Murphy, was boring, unfunny, and forgettable.
Super Reviewer
three generations of comedy legends and a stellar supporting cast star in this film written and directed by murphy in his prime. engaging and hilarious, red foxx and della reese especially shine in this film. i rewach it every ten years or so.
Super Reviewer
Movie about organised crime and police corruption in 1920s Harlem.
Super Reviewer
Harlem Nights Quotes
| Sugar Ray: | How was your date? |
| Quick: | I killed her. |
| Sugar Ray: | Ah, tore the pussy up, huh! |
| Quick: | No, man, I killed her. |
| Sugar Ray: | What the fuck you talking about. |
| Quick: | I shot her, man. |
| Sugar Ray: | Hmm. Was the pussy that bad, man? |
| Bugsy Calhoune: | It's a set-up... It's a fucking set-up! |
| Sugar Ray: | Quick, you're not a gangster. We're not. We're club owners. We run a dance hall. Calhoune... he's a cold-hearted killer. He'll have your ass killed. Now, the man probably doesn't know about La Rue yet. But in the morning, he's going to want you really dead. So, we got to find a place where we can lay low. Till we can run the scam and split. |