TWO GUN MAN FROM HARLEM (1938) Herbert Jeffries, Marguerite Whitten | Western, Black Cinema | B&W

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 Amusement Enterprises and featured an all-African-American cast.

SYNOPSIS
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

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 & CREW
Herbert Jeffrey as Bob Blake/The Deacon
Margaret Whitten as Sally Thompson
Clarence Brooks as John Barker
Mantan Moreland 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 as John Steel
The Cats and the Fiddle as Specialty Act
The Four Tones as Singing Group
Paul Blackman as Paul Blackman

Directed by Richard C. Kahn
Written by Richard C. Kahn
Cinematography Marcel Le Picard, Harvey Gould
Edited by Wm. Faris
Music by Herbert Jeffrey and The Four Tones
Production companies Merit Pictures, Inc.
Distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises, Inc.
Release date May 1, 1938
Running time 65 minutes, 60 minutes (UAA Timeless video print)
Country United States
Language English