They're up to something big.
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, effortless and resolved.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Eddie MurphyQuick
- Richard PryorSugar Ray
- Redd FoxxBennie Wilson
- Danny AielloPhil Cantone
- Michael LernerBugsy Calhoune
- Della ReeseVera
- Berlinda TolbertAnnie
- Stan ShawJack Jenkins
- Jasmine GuyDominique La Rue
- Vic PolizosRichie Vento
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- Eddie MurphyDirector
- Eddie MurphyScreenplay
- Woody OmensDirector of Photography
- Herbie HancockOriginal Music Composer
- Alan BalsamEditor
- George BowersEditor
- Robert D. WachsProducer
- Mark LipskyProducer
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