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1991 Certificate 18
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When the sultry Imabelle arrives from Mississippi with a chest full of stolen gold she attracts a lot of attention from the local crooks, including Slim, the meanest and the deadliest of them all. The streets of Harlem will never be the same again. Read more

Starring Robin Givens, Danny Glover, Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines
Director Bill Duke
Genres Comedy, Drama

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A Rage In Harlem

When the sultry Imabelle arrives from Mississippi with a chest full of stolen gold she attracts a lot of attention from the local crooks, including Slim, the meanest and the deadliest of them all. The streets of Harlem will never be the same again.

Starring Robin Givens, Danny Glover, Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines
Director Bill Duke
Studio OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 44 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Comedy, Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 29 Jun 2009
Production year: 1991
Format DVD

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  • Duke's snappy, stylish, relentlessly pacy comedy-thriller, lighter than Chester Himes' source novel, is mostly very... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 26 Feb 2009

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Whittaker Shines in this gangster movie

    I think this is an underrated classic. A story of gold,double-cross,love,revenge and death all served up with great humour nicely by the main characters. The acting is great especially Forest Whittaker as the loser who eventually comes good. Robin Givens is superb and sexy in this role as she steals the gold from her partners and goes on the run. The late great Gregory Hines is also in top form as Whittaker's brother who is only interested in the gold at first. Badja Djola plays a memorably vicious villain and Danny Glover pops up as a rival gangster who 'had another dream' about Givens - much to the fury of Djola. This film has some great comic moments. The music score by Elmer Bernstein is also superb.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 13 Jul 2009 16:56

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Whittaker Shines in this gangster movie

    I think this is an underrated classic. A story of gold,double-cross,love,revenge and death all served up with great humour nicely by the main characters. The acting is great especially Forest Whittaker as the loser who eventually comes good. Robin Givens is superb and sexy in this role as she steals the gold from her partners and goes on the run. The late great Gregory Hines is also in top form as Whittaker's brother who is only interested in the gold at first. Badja Djola plays a memorably vicious villain and Danny Glover pops up as a rival gangster who 'had another dream' about Givens - much to the fury of Djola. This film has some great comic moments. The music score by Elmer Bernstein is also superb.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 13 Jul 2009 16:56

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      • When the sultry Imabelle arrives from Mississippi with a chest full of stolen gold she attracts a lot of attention from the local crooks, including Slim, the meanest and the deadliest of them all. ...