
Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.


“They're up to something big.”
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.

Eddie Murphy
Quick

Richard Pryor
Sugar Ray

Redd Foxx
Bennie Wilson

Danny Aiello
Phil Cantone

Michael Lerner
Bugsy Calhoune

Della Reese
Vera

Berlinda Tolbert
Annie

Stan Shaw
Jack Jenkins

Jasmine Guy
Dominique La Rue

Vic Polizos
Richie Vento
Harlem Nights is a comedy, crime, drama film released in 1989 exploring themes of corruption, police, nightclub, rivalry, friends, hoodlum. Directed by Eddie Murphy, it stars Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx. 'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
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