Moon Over Harlem (1939)
Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.
- Date of release
- 1939-05-12
- TMDB
- 3.8 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama, Crime
- Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
Casting
- Buddy Harris — Dollar Bill
- Cora Green — Minnie
- Izinetta Wilcox — Sue
- Earl Gough — Bob
- Zerita Stepteau — Jackie
- Petrina Moore — Alice
- Daphne Fray — Pat
- Mercedes Gilbert — Jackie's mother
- Frances Harrod — Maud
- Alec Lovejoy — Fats
- Walter Richardson — Brother Hornsby
- Slim Thompson — Long-Boy
Interesting facts
Moon Over Harlem is a 1939 American race film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
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