Murder on Lenox Avenue

Murder on Lenox Avenue

65 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1941

Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?

Murder on Lenox Avenue

65 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1941

Murder on Lenox Avenue
Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?
Producers Colonnade Pictures Corporation
Original title Murder on Lenox Avenue
Directors Arthur Dreifuss
Writers Bryna Ivens, Frank Wilson, Vincent Valentini

Cast

Mamie Smith

as Hattie

Alec Lovejoy

as Flivver Johnson (as Alex Lovejoy)

Norman Astwood

as Mr. Marshall

Augustus Smith

as Pa Wilkins (as Gus Smith)

Sidney Easton

as Speed Simmons