Moon Over Harlem

Moon Over Harlem

Moon Over Harlem

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Moon Over Harlem

1939

1h 9m

3.4(8 votes)

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Drama

Crime

Overview

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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23 members

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Buddy Harris

Dollar Bill

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Cora Green

Minnie

Cora Green

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Izinetta Wilcox

Sue

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Earl Gough

Bob

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Zerita Stepteau

Jackie

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Petrina Moore

Alice

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Daphne Fray

Pat

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Mercedes Gilbert

Jackie's mother

Mercedes Gilbert

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Frances Harrod

Maud

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Alec Lovejoy

Fats

Alec Lovejoy

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Walter Richardson

Brother Hornsby

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Slim Thompson

Long-Boy

Slim Thompson

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Freddie Robinson

Half-Pint

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John Bunn

Wallstreet

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Marieluise Bechet

Nina Mae Brown

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Archie Cross

A Boy from Newark

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William Woodward

A Boy from Newark

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Audrey Talbird

Connie

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Marie Young

Jean

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Sidney Bechet

Himself - Clarinetist

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Christopher Columbus

Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew

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Frank Wilson

Unknown Role

Frank Wilson

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Patrina Waples

Woman (uncredited)

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