Harlem Nights is a 1989 comedy-drama crime film starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. The film also featured Michael Lerner, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Della Reese and Murphy's brother Charlie Murphy. Murphy and Pryor star as a father-and-son team running a nightclub in late-1930s Harlem, New York while contending with gangsters and corrupt police officials. Murphy wrote, and directed the film and served as an executive producer. He had always wanted to direct and star in a period piece, as well as work with Pryor, whom he considered his greatest influence in stand-up comedy. Although... Harlem Nights was a critical failure, it was a financial success, grossing 3½ times the amount it cost to make it ; it is well known for starring three generations of African-American comedians . In Harlem, New York, 1918, Sugar Ray has a dice game going in the back of his candy store.
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| Release date: | November 17, 1989 |
| Directed by: | Eddie Murphy |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mark Lipsky |
| Editor: | George Bowers |
| Music by: | Herbie Hancock |
| Screenplay by: | Eddie Murphy |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |