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A Rage in Harlem

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A Rage in Harlem
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R,1hr 48min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1991
Director:
Bill Duke
Distributor:
Miramax
Starring:
Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens  ...more
Synopsis: Bill Duke directs this quirky film adaptation of Chester Himes' crime novel -- a heavily plotted gangster tale with a sweet love story hidden underneath. The film begins in Natchez, Mississippi in 1956. During a police shoot-out with the mob leader Slim's (Badja Djola) gang, Slim's moll Imabelle (Robin Givens) takes off with a cadre of stolen gold. As a result, Imabelle is chased by Slim's mob from Mississippi to New York. By the time she reaches Harlem, she is broke and has to figure out a way to ... Full Synopsis
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Josh Ralske, AMG Review
From its tense but amusing opening scene, in which a vicious black gangster has his henchman cut a huge mole off the nose of a double-crossing racist crime lord, director Bill Duke's A Rage in Harlem forgoes good taste in the name of exuberant entertainment. Forest Whitaker, who had worked primarily in more dramatic roles at the time, gives a genuinely hilarious performance as Jackson, the shy, naïve ... Full Review
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Forest Whitaker
Jackson
Gregory Hines
Goldy
Robin Givens
Imabelle
Zakes Mokae
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