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Moon Over Harlem

May 12, 1939 · 1h 9m
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Romance
Drama
Crime

PLOT

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.

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CAST

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
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Million Dollar Pictures, Meteor Productions
Country
US

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