'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
Harlem Nights has generally received mixed reviews.
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Harlem Nights was released in 1989 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 504 reviews, giving Harlem Nights (1989) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 86%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 42%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Harlem Nights a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 60%, Harlem Nights is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1989 with similar scores include films like Lock Up, Always and New York Stories.
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