Directed by Bill Duke Written by Chester Himes   John Toles-Bey   Bobby Crawford   Cast Forest Whitaker ... Jackson Gregory Hines ... Goldy Robin Givens ... Imabelle Zakes Mokae ... Big Kathy Danny Glover ... Easy Money Badja Djola ... Slim John Toles-Bey ... Jodie Tyler Collins ... Teena Ron Taylor ... Hank Samm-Art Williams ... Gus Parsons Stack Pierce ... Coffin Ed Willard E. Pugh ... Claude X Helen Martin ... Mrs. Canfield Wendell Pierce ... Louis T.K. Carter ... Smitty Leonard Jackson ... Mr. Clay Reynaldo Rey ... Blind Man Clebert Ford ... Porter John Seitz ... Lester Banton Jack Beatty ... Sheriff Birdie M. Hale ... Domestic #1 Olivette Miller ... Domestic #2 (as Olivette Miller-Briggs) Beatrice Winde ... Clerk John W. Hardy ... Rev. Gaines Anthonia Kitchen ... Female Mourner (as Anthonia Dotson) Ernest Perry Jr. ... Jackie James Spinks ... Bartender Cornelius Stafford ... Weasel Tracy A. Taylor ... Stanky Whore Jesse James Turnbow ... Will Kill James Copeland ... Jailer Jonathan Booker ... Doorman (as Jonathan Booker Ph.D.) Kevin Ruthven ... Bus Driver William L. Schwarber ... Goon Tasha O'Bryant ... Minna Arthur Burghardt ... Bo Eugene Robinson Jr. ... Pop Kipp Cochran ... Cop Robert Woods Jr. ... Henchman Screamin' Jay Hawkins ... Self Leslie Dockery ... Chorus Dancer Herbert Rawlins ... Chorus Dancer Kiki Shepard ... Chorus Dancer Edgar Godineaux Jr. ... Chorus Dancer Joni Palmer ... Chorus Dancer Romelle Reaux ... Chorus Dancer Kimberly Hester ... Chorus Dancer John Parks ... Chorus Dancer Mike Roscoe ... Chorus Dancer Wynonna Smith ... Chorus Dancer Hajna O. Moss ... Chorus Dancer George Wallace ... Grave Digger Uncredited Cast Steven Brittingham ... Businessman Maya Lilly ... Child in Church Victoria Lynn Mangram ... Bar Floozy Michael Newman ... Man on Corner Keith Schrader ... Policeman Produced by Terry Glinwood   William Horberg   John Nicolella   Nik Powell   Kerry Rock   Ron Stacker Thompson   Bob Weinstein   Harvey Weinstein   Forest Whitaker   Stephen Woolley   Original Music by Elmer Bernstein Jeff Vincent

Additional Info Premiere: May 03, 1991 DVD Release: September 02, 2003 Countries: Distributor: Echo Bridge Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles Harlem Action Production Companies Palace Pictures (as Palace) Miramax (in association with) (as Miramax Film Corporation) Distributors Glinwood   (1991) (World-wide) (all media) (sales) Miramax   (1991) (USA) (theatrical) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (1991) (USA) (VHS) Echo Bridge Home Entertainment   (2011) (USA) (DVD) Miramax Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #7,174 / 20,906 Site Ranking #7,170 Slaughter (2009) #7,171 Hooking Up (2020) #7,172 Dark House (2009) #7,173 Sounds Like (2006) #7,174 A Rage In Harlem (1991) #7,175 Ernest Goes To Africa (1997) #7,176 Herbert West: Re-Animator (2017) #7,177 It Waits (2005) #7,178 Deathstalker And The Warriors From Hell (1989)