The biggest laugh in ”Harlem Nights” comes during the opening credits, when Murphy manages to get his own name on screen no less than five times. If that isn`t a record, it sure ought to be.

‘Harlem Nights’ boasts a roster of comedy icons Stand-up comic-turned-filmmaker Murphy wrote, directed, and stars in Harlem Nights as the young and ruthless racketeer, Quick.

HARLEM NIGHTS A nightclub owner takes vengeance on the gangster who wants to destroy him. Credits: with Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx. Directed and written by Eddie Murphy.

In fact, Harlem Nights is packed with iconic Black pioneers in comedy and film: Della Reese, Charlie Murphy, Redd Foxx, Thomas Mikal Ford, Arsenio Hall, Reynaldo Ray, and Jasmine Guy, among others.

Murphy and Pryor play Quick and Sugar Ray, two partners running a nightclub and after-hours spot where the Harlem elite come to eat, drink, dance, listen to music and gamble.

That film, “Harlem Nights,” is a gangster film, a blend of comedy and drama, set briefly in 1918 and then mainly in 1938, centered on a swanky after-hours joint called Sugar Ray’s.

Westwood Heights Hamady High School celebrates in top fashion at 'Harlem Nights' prom on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience in Flint.