--- title: 'Harlem Nights (1989)' type: 'film' director: 'Eddie Murphy' released: '1989-01-01' runtime_minutes: 111 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/harlem-nights-1989' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097481/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Harlem Nights (1989) 1989 · 111 min · Comedy, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Harlem Nights is a 1989 American crime comedy-drama film starring, written and directed by Eddie Murphy. The film co-stars Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner, Della Reese and Murphy's older brother Charlie. The film was released theatrically on November 17, 1989, by Paramount Pictures. The film tells the story of "Sugar" Ray and Vernest "Quick" Brown as a team running a nightclub in the late 1930s in Harlem while contending with gangsters and corrupt police officials. ## Credits - **Director:** [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy) - **Screenplay:** [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy) - **Original Music Composer:** [Herbie Hancock](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbie-hancock) - **Producer:** [Mark Lipsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-lipsky) - **Director of Photography:** [Woody Omens](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-omens) - **Editor:** [Alan Balsam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-balsam) ## Cast - [Michael Lerner](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-lerner) - [Redd Foxx](https://cinepixo.com/people/redd-foxx) - [Jasmine Guy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jasmine-guy) - [Richard Pryor](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-pryor) - [Della Reese](https://cinepixo.com/people/della-reese) - [Lela Rochon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lela-rochon) - [Berlinda Tolbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/berlinda-tolbert) - [Arsenio Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/arsenio-hall) - [Danny Aiello](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-aiello) - [Charlie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-murphy) - [Stan Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/stan-shaw) - [David Marciano](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-marciano) - [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/harlem-nights-1989 Film facts: Wikidata (Q500232); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.