Murder on Lenox Avenue

Murder on Lenox Avenue

The rackets exposed!

1941 · 65 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?

Directed by Arthur Dreifuss · Written by Frank Wilson

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