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Moon Over Harlem

42 %|May 12, 1939|Romance, Drama, Crime

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.

Featured Crew

Shirley Ulmer
Screenplay
Edgar G. Ulmer
Producer
Mathew Mathews
Story
Edgar G. Ulmer
Director
Eugene Wolk
Production Design
J. Burgi Contner
Director of Photography
Frank Wilson
Story
Edward Fenton
Sound Designer

Cast

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Buddy Harris
Dollar Bill
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Mercedes Gilbert
Jackie's mother
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Walter Richardson
Brother Hornsby
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John Bunn
Wallstreet
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Marieluise Bechet
Nina Mae Brown
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Archie Cross
A Boy from Newark
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William Woodward
A Boy from Newark
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Sidney Bechet
Himself - Clarinetist
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Christopher Columbus
Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew
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Patrina Waples
Woman (uncredited)