“In the next 24 hours they'll have to outrun the law, outsmart the mob and outshoot the competition.”
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.
Forest Whitaker
Jackson
Gregory Hines
Goldy
Robin Givens
Imabelle
Danny Glover
Easy Money
Samm-Art Williams
Gus Parsons
Zakes Mokae
Big Kathy
T.K. Carter
Smitty
Stack Pierce
Coffin Ed
Anthonia Kitchen
Mourner
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Self
A Rage in Harlem is a crime, comedy film released in 1991 exploring themes of gold, gangster, shootout, harlem, new york city, moll, african american comedy. Directed by Bill Duke, it stars Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens. 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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