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Moon Over Harlem is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edgar George Ulmer released in USA on 12 may 1939 with Mercedes Gilbert
Moon Over Harlem (1939)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 may 1939
Length 1h9
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
OriginUSA
Themes Musical films
Rating48%
Moon Over Harlem is a 1939 American race film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
Actors
Mercedes Gilbert
(Jackie's mother)
John Bunny
(Wallstreet)
John Fortune
(Jamaica)
Mary Young
(Jean)
Frank Wilson
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