A Rage in Harlem

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1363 Reviews)

Director:

Bill Duke

Genres:

Comedy Crime

Cast:

Forest Whitaker Gregory Hines Robin Givens Zakes Mokae

Writer:

Chester Himes (novel)

John Toles-Bey (screenplay)

Bobby Crawford (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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.

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