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A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 American crime film directed by Bill Duke and loosely based on Chester Himes' novel A Rage in Harlem. The film stars Forest Whitaker, Danny Glover, Badja Djola, Robin Givens and Gregory Hines.
May 3, 1991 · A Rage in Harlem: Directed by Bill Duke. With Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae. A gangster's girlfriend flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang are on her trail.
If it can't quite live up to its source material, A Rage in Harlem still proves a stylishly effective period thriller. Read Critics Reviews
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May 3, 1991 · The relationship between Jackson and Imabelle is at the heart of "A Rage in Harlem," which is based on a novel by Chester Himes (1909-1984), who specialized in atmospheric crime novels. The film has walk-ons for two of his familiar characters, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, made famous in his Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965 ...
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A Rage in Harlem. 1991 · 1 hr 49 min. R. Comedy · Action · Crime. The gorgeous girlfriend of a Mississippi gangster flees to Harlem with a fortune in gold and seduces a guileless undertaker, as mobsters give chase. Subtitles: English. Starring: Robin Givens Danny Glover Gregory Hines Forest Whitaker. Directed by: Bill Duke.
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
