Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941)

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? - Summary written by Rod Crawford ([email protected]).

Cast (IMDB): Mamie Smith as Hattie; Alec Lovejoy as Flivver Johnson (as Alex Lovejoy); Norman Astwood as Mr. Marshall; Augustus Smith as Pa Wilkins (as Gus Smith); Alberta Perkins as Mercedes; Edna Mae Harris as Singer; Sidney Easton as Speed Simmons; Dene Larry as Ola Wilkins; Ernie Ransom as Jim Bracton; Earl Sydnor as Gregory; Herman Green as Lomax; George Williams as Montoute; Cristola Williams as Rosalia; Emily Santos as Emily; Flo Lee as Flo; Wahneta San as Wahneta; Frank H. Wilson as Minor Role (uncredited).

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