Two Gun Man from Harlem

Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Directed by	Richard C. Kahn
Written by	Fred Myton (story and screenplay)
Produced by	Richard C. Kahn
Starring	Herb Jeffries Marguerite Whitten Clarence Brooks
Cinematography	Marcel Le Picard Harvey Gould
Edited by	William Faris
Music by	Herb Jeffries
Production company	Merit Pictures
Distributed by	Sack Amusements
Release date	May 1, 1938 (1938-05-01)
Running time	65 minutes 60 minutes (UAA Timeless video print)
Country	United States
Language	English

Two-Gun Man from Harlem is a 1938 American contemporary Western film directed by Richard C. Kahn. It was produced by Merit Pictures, distributed by Sack Amusements 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 have framed him. In the end 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 as Bob Blake/The Deacon
• Marguerite Whitten as Sally Thompson
• Clarence Brooks as John Barker
• Mantan Moreland as Bill Blake
• Tom Southern as John Steel
• Mae Turner as Mrs. Ruth Steel
• Spencer Williams as Butch Carter
• Jess Lee Brooks as Sheriff
• Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Jimmy Thompson
• Rosalie Lincoln as Dolores
• Paul Blackman as Paul Blackman
• Faithful Mary as Mary
• The Four Tones as the Singing Group
• Cats and the Fiddle as the Specialty Act

Soundtrack

• Herb Jeffries and The Four Tones - "I'm a Happy Cowboy"
• The score - "Die Walküre" (Written by Richard Wagner)

External links

• Two-Gun Man from Harlem at IMDb
• Two Gun Man from Harlem at AllMovie
• Two Gun Man from Harlem at the TCM Movie Database
• Two-Gun Man from Harlem at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Two-Gun Man from Harlem is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive