Moon Over Harlem (1939)

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.

IMDb rating	4.8
Producers	Million Dollar Pictures, Meteor Productions
Original title	Moon Over Harlem
Directors	Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers	Frank Wilson, Mathew Mathews, Shirley Ulmer

Cast

Buddy Harris

as Dollar Bill

Cora Green

as Minnie

Izinetta Wilcox

as Sue

Earl Gough

as Bob

Zerita Steptean

as Jackie

Petrina Moore

as Alice

Daphne Fray

as Pat

Mercedes Gilbert

as Jackie's mother

Frances Harrod

as Maud

Alec Lovejoy

as Fats

Walter Richardson

as Brother Hornsby

Slim Thompson

as Long-Boy

Freddie Robinson

as Half-Pint

John Bunn

as Wallstreet

Marieluise Bechet

as Nina Mae Brown

Archie Cross

as A Boy from Newark

William Woodward

as A Boy from Newark

Audrey Talbird

as Connie

Marie Young

as Jean

Sidney Bechet

as Himself - Clarinetist

Christopher Columbus

as Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew

Frank Wilson

Patrina Waples

as Woman (uncredited)