BigList
Login / Sign up
Moon Over Harlem (1939)

Moon Over Harlem (1939)

Drama Crime Romance
Release Date: 1939, May 12
Directors: Edgar G. Ulmer
Countries: United States of America
Production: Million Dollar Pictures, Meteor Productions, Meteor Productions
Cast: William Woodward, Sidney Bechet, Freddie Robinson, Zerita Stepteau, Buddy Harris, Alec Lovejoy, Cora Green, Izinetta Wilcox, Earl Gough, Petrina Moore, Daphne Fray, Mercedes Gilbert

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.

Keywords:

widow harlem, new york city