Harlem Nights

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crime comedy film film

Harlem Nights is a 1989 crime-comedy film set in 1930s Harlem, written, directed by, and starring Eddie Murphy alongside Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Woody Omens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Eddie Murphy ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy John Carter ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bennie Wilson ⓘ
Dominique La Rue ⓘ
Quick ⓘ
Sugar Ray ⓘ
Vera ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
hasTheme African-American entrepreneurship ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Herbie Hancock ⓘ
narrativeFocus conflict with gangsters ⓘ
nightclub ownership ⓘ
notableFor only feature film directed by Eddie Murphy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Eddie Murphy ⓘ
productionCompany Eddie Murphy Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1989-11-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 116 ⓘ
screenwriter Eddie Murphy ⓘ
setInLocation Harlem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1930s ⓘ
starring Arsenio Hall ⓘ
Danny Aiello ⓘ
Della Reese ⓘ
Eddie Murphy ⓘ
Jasmine Guy ⓘ
Lela Rochon ⓘ
Michael Lerner ⓘ
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. ⓘ
Redd Foxx ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
Stan Shaw ⓘ
timeSettingDescription Prohibition-era Harlem ⓘ
writer Eddie Murphy ⓘ

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Lela Rochon → appearedIn → Harlem Nights ⓘ
Redd Foxx → film → Harlem Nights ⓘ
Lela Rochon → notableWork → Harlem Nights ⓘ
Richard Pryor → notableWork → Harlem Nights ⓘ
Pryor → notableWork → Harlem Nights ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Pryor