Moon Over Harlem

Moon Over Harlem

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 12, 1939

Runtime

1h 9m

Genres

Romance, Drama, Crime

User Score

42%

Original Title

Moon Over Harlem

Production Companies

Million Dollar Pictures, Meteor Productions

Director

Edgar G. Ulmer

Description

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.