''Two Gun Man from Harlem'' is a 1938 American

contemporary Western Contemporary Western is a subgenre of the Western genre that includes contemporary settings and uses Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs, such as a rebellious antihero, open plains and desert landscapes, or gunfights. This sub-genre inclu ...

film directed by Richard C. Kahn. It was produced by Merit Pictures, distributed by

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and featured an all-African-American cast.

Plot summary

A man wrongly accused of murder disguises himself as a Harlem gangster known as "the Deacon", in order to bring to justice the men who framed him. He succeeds and reveals himself to the girl who loves him, and they go off to live happily ever after. There are many cleverly comic interludes in the story.

Cast

Herb Jeffries Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice. He starred in several low-budget "ra ...

as Bob Blake/The Deacon (as Herbert Jeffrey) * Margaret Whitten as Sally Thompson * Clarence Brooks as John Barker *

Mantan Moreland Mantan Moreland (September 3, 1902 – September 28, 1973) was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s. He starred in numerous films. His daughter Marcella Moreland appeared as a child actor in several films. Ear ...

as Bill Blake * Stymie Beard as Jimmy Thompson * Spencer Williams, Jr. as Butch Carter * Mae Turner as Mrs. Ruth Steel * Jesse Lee Brooks as Sheriff * Rose Lee Lincoln as Dolores *

Tom Southern Tom Southern, also known as Tommy or Thomas Southern, was an actor in American film and stage productions as well as a songwriter. He was a theater actor with the Lafayette Players. In 1933, he wrote several songs together with Lionel Hampton. Fo ...

as John Steel * The Cats and the Fiddle as Specialty Act * The Four Tones as Singing Group * Paul Blackman as Paul Blackman

Soundtrack

* "I'm a Happy Cowboy" by

and

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* ''

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'' written by

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Home video

The film is in the

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and has been released on a US

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with '' Keep Punching'' (1939).

References

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* * * * 1938 films American black-and-white films 1938 Western (genre) films African-American Western (genre) films Films directed by Richard C. Kahn 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-Western-film-stub