| Murder in Harlem | |
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| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence) (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Alice B. Russell (producer) Oscar Micheaux (producer) (uncredited) |
| Written by | Oscar Micheaux (novel The Story of Dorothy Stanfield) Oscar Micheaux (screenplay) Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence) (uncredited) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Charles Levine |
| Release date(s) | 1935 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Murder in Harlem (also released as Lem Hawkins Confession) is a 1935 American race film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, who also appears in the film. He remade his 1921 silent film The Gunsaulus Mystery.
Basing the works on the 1913 trial of Leo Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan,[1] Micheaux used the detective genre to introduce different voices and conflicting accounts by his characters.
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An African-American man is first accused of the murder of a white woman, but a white man is found to be responsible.[2][3]
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