Harlem Nights is a comedy-drama / Mobster film starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. This 1989 movie also featured Michael Lerner, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx and Della Reese. Murphy also wrote and directed. Murphy was the executive producer and Mark Lipsky was the producer. Murphy had always wanted to direct and star in a period piece, and thus, this movie was made.

"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair! Written by Murray Chapman