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Moon Over Harlem
Directed by	Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by	Mathew Mathews (story) Shirley Ulmer (screenplay) Mathew Mathews (dialogue) Frank Wilson (story)[citation needed] (uncredited)
Produced by	Peter E. Kassler (associate producer) Edgar G. Ulmer (producer) Benjamin F. Resnick (producer)[citation needed] (uncredited) Alfred N. Sack (executive producer)[citation needed] (uncredited)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	J. Burgi Contner Edward Hyland
Edited by	Jack Kemp
Music by	Donald Heywood
Distributed by	Sack Amusements
Release date	1939 (1939)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Moon Over Harlem is a 1939 American race film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

A gangster, Dollar Bill Richards, seduces a wealthy widow, Minnie, to get his hands on her money.

• Bud Harris as Dollar Bill
• Cora Green as Minnie
• Izinetta Wilcox as Sue
• Earl Gough as Bob
• Zerita Stepteau 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
• John Fortune as Jamaica
• Audrey Talbird as Connie
• Marie Young as Jean
• Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew as Themselves
• Sidney Bechet as himself - Clarinetist

• "My Hope Chest of Dreams" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
• Zerita Stepteau - "St. Louis Blues" (1914) (Music and lyrics by W.C. Handy)
• Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew and sung by Izinetta Wilcox and chorus - "Teach Me How to Sing Again" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
• Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew - "Save Some of Those Roses for Me" (published title) as "Save Me Some of Those Kisses" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
• Mourners at the funeral - "One More River to Cross" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
• "Moon Over Harlem" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
• "Stand Together Children" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
• "Lullaby" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)

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• Moon Over Harlem at IMDb
• Moon Over Harlem at the TCM Movie Database
• Moon Over Harlem is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• Moon Over Harlem (1939) at The Department of Afro American Research, Arts, and Culture's Archive (DAARAC)

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