Two-Gun Man from Harlem

May 1, 1938

1h 5m

★ 4.5

Hear HERB JEFFRIES sing "I'm A Happy Cowboy"

Overview

A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

Genres

Action

Drama

Music

Western

Production Companies

Merit Pictures Inc.

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Cast

Bob Blake / The Deacon

Herb Jeffries

Sally Thompson

Marguerite Whitten

John Barker

Clarence Brooks

Bill Blake

Mantan Moreland

Jimmy Thompson

Matthew Beard

Butch Carter

Spencer Williams

Mrs. Ruth Steel

Mae Turner

Sheriff

Jess Lee Brooks

Dolores

Rosalie Lincoln

John Steel

Tom Southern

Paul Blackman

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