Miracle in Harlem

Miracle in Harlem

There's Danger! Terror! Mystery! With a Killer on the Loose!

1948 · 71 min · ★ 7.5 · Romance, Mystery

A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.

Directed by Jack Kemp · Written by Vincent Valentini

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Cast

Sheila Guyse Julie Weston
Stepin Fetchit 'Swifty', the Handyman
Hilda Offley Aunt Hattie
Creighton Thompson Reverend Jackson
Kenneth Freeman Jim Marshall
William Greaves Bert Hallam
Sybil Lewis Alice Adams
Laurence Criner Albert Marshall
Jack Carter Philip Manley
Milton Williams Mr. Wilkinson
Monte Hawley Lieutenant Renard
Ruble Blakey Detective Foley

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