HARLEM NIGHTS
After a string of box-office hits, Eddie Murphy capped off his legendary ‘80s run with his only directorial effort, HARLEM NIGHTS. Murphy stars as Quick, the adopted son of nightclub owner Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor). Together they run one of the hottest spots in Harlem during the tail end of Prohibition. But when mobster Bugsy Calhoune (Michael Lerner) gets words of their success, he hires a crooked cop (Danny Aiello) to try and shut them down. Murphy united three generations of incredible Black talent — Redd Foxx, Charlie Murphy, Della Reese, Jasmine Guy and Arsenio Hall — to craft this crime comedy, which was considered a box-office disappointment at the time but has grown into an iconic cult classic. DIR/SCR Eddie Murphy; PROD Mark Lipsky, Robert D. Wachs. U.S., 1989, color, 116 min. RATED R
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, August 14, 2026
Genre: Crime comedy
