Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Eugene Robert Glazer

"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and poli...( read more  read more... )ce corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair!

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R, 118 min.

Directed by: Eddie Murphy

Release Date: November 17, 1989

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DVD Release Date: January 29, 2002

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  • September 30, 2009
    Very funny and very well put together by Murphy. He could have been a little more generous to his fellow cast though as he pretty much gives himself the best lines.
  • April 5, 2009
    three generations of comedy legends and a stellar supporting cast star in this film written and directed by murphy in his prime. engaging and hilarious, red foxx and della reese especially shine in this film. i rewach it every ten years or so.
  • July 13, 2008
    Here's a great idea: Let's put three terrific comedians together in a movie that isn't a comedy and where all of them have to legitimately act the entire time. Wait a minute. That doesn't sound like a good idea at all. Sadly, no one had this foresight when Paramount approved this...( read more) film which starred Murphy alongside Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx in a story about crime syndicates and police corruption in the 1920s. The movie was written and directed by Murphy. It was his filmmaking debut. It also ended up being his filmmaking swan song, although a cult fan base for the movie lives on. The industry viewed it as a vanity project. It was the first truly damaging step down in the actor's career, setting off a string of midlevel failures in the early '90s that wasn't broken until "The Nutty Professor."
  • March 24, 2008
    Movie about organised crime and police corruption in 1920s Harlem.
  • June 25, 2007
    This is a movie that has it all, action, adventure, romance, mobsters, and was pretty funny, too!. . . Great work by all the cast!. . . .
  • October 25, 2009
    This movie never gets old.1 of my favorites
  • August 25, 2009
    eddie murphy, richard pryor, redd foxx, and della reese
    its a match made in hollywood
  • July 10, 2009
    Della Reese is the best thing about this movie. It's one of the more dated Eddie Murphy movies but funny enough.
  • June 26, 2009
    these guys act like they were born in an insult factory.
  • June 6, 2009
    This movie is halarious.

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  • femifaturoti
    January 5, 2008
    When Soul combined with laughter and a dash of entertaining violence, what you got was HARLEM NIGHYTS

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