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A Rage in Harlem

1991 · 115 min

A sweaty, jostling caper that mixes shootouts and scams with sly comedy and a tender unlikely romance.

Directed by
Bill Duke
Genres
Crime, Comedy
Tagline
In the next 24 hours they'll have to outrun the law, outsmart the mob and outshoot the competition.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Bill Duke
Genres
Crime, Comedy
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • love
  • deception
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour6
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
crime, comedy
Directed by
Bill Duke
Written by
Bobby Crawford, John Toles-Bey
Starring
Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Danny Glover, Samm-Art Williams, Zakes Mokae, T.K. Carter, Stack Pierce
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Toyomichi Kurita
Runtime
115 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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