Murder on Lenox Avenue
“The rackets exposed!”
1941•1h 5m•5.0•Released
Drama
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?
Director
Arthur Dreifuss
Writer
Vincent Valentini, Bryna Ivens
Languages
English
Studio
Colonnade Pictures Corporation
Cast
Mamie Smith
Hattie
Alec Lovejoy
Flivver Johnson (as Alex Lovejoy)
Norman Astwood
Mr. Marshall
Augustus Smith
Pa Wilkins (as Gus Smith)
Sidney Easton
Speed Simmons
Production
Company
Colonnade Pictures Corporation
Producer
Arthur Dreifuss
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