Harlem Nights
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.
- Director
- Eddie Murphy
- Worldwide
- $61M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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'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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The record
Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Harlem Nights returned 2.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $61M
- Release date
- Nov 17, 1989
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Russian
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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