Crime ·Comedy · United Kingdom · 1991 · 1h 55m

A Rage in Harlem

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Director
Bill Duke
Cast
Forest Whitaker as Jackson Gregory Hines as Goldy Robin Givens as Imabelle Danny Glover as Easy Money Samm-Art Williams as Gus Parsons Zakes Mokae as Big Kathy
Crew
Toyomichi Kurita — Director of Photography Curtiss Clayton — Editor Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer Bobby Crawford — Writer John Toles-Bey — Writer Chester Himes — Novel
Tagline

In the next 24 hours they'll have to outrun the law, outsmart the mob and outshoot the competition.

Synopsis

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

Mood & Themes
goldgangstershootoutharlem, new york citymollafrican american comedyafrican american romance
Key Collaborators
Bill Duke Director Toyomichi Kurita Director of Photography Curtiss Clayton Editor Elmer Bernstein Original Music Composer Bobby Crawford Writer John Toles-Bey Writer Chester Himes Novel Kerry Rock Producer Stephen Woolley Producer Steven Legler Production Design
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