Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941)
The rackets exposed!
Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?
- Date of release
- 1941-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Arthur Dreifuss
Casting
- Mamie Smith — Hattie
- Alec Lovejoy — Flivver Johnson (as Alex Lovejoy)
- Norman Astwood — Mr. Marshall
- Augustus Smith — Pa Wilkins (as Gus Smith)
- Sidney Easton — Speed Simmons
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