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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 28%, Metacritic 16/100. Audiences rate it 45 points higher than critics do. Most of the 997 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
'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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes28%
Metacritic16/100
Audiences rate it 45 points higher than critics do.
370 audience votes
Key crew
- Eddie MurphyDirector
- Eddie MurphyScreenplay
- Herbie HancockOriginal Music Composer
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
- Lela RochonSunshine
- David MarcianoTony
Stills
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Themes
corruptionpolicenightclubrivalryfriendshoodlumnightclub ownerharlem, new york city1920s