Miracle in Harlem

Miracle in Harlem is a 1948 American musical melodrama film, directed by Jack Kemp, and starred an all African American cast. It has been considered one of the best all-black independent films of the 1940s.

Plot
A businessman fakes his own death, for business reasons. A young woman is suspected of killing the business magnate who swindled her out of her family run candy business.

Cast

 * Sheila Guyse as Julie Weston
 * Hilda Offley as Aunt Hattie
 * William Greaves as Bert Hallam
 * Creighton Thompson as Reverend Jackson
 * Lawrence Criner as Albert Marshall (father)
 * Sybil Lewis as Alice Adams
 * Kenneth Freeman as Jim Marshall (son)
 * Jack Carter as Phillip Manley
 * Milton Williams as Mr. Wilkinson
 * Monte Hawley as Lieutenant Renard
 * Alfred "Slick" Chester as Detective Tracy (as Alfred Chester)
 * Ruble Blakey as Detective Foley
 * Stepin Fetchit as Swifty the Handyman

Specialties acts (as featured on the soundtrack)

 * Creighton Thompson as Singer, 'A Preaching Song'
 * Savannah Churchill as Singer, 'I Want be Loved'
 * Lavada Carter as Singer, 'John Saw the Number'
 * Norma Shepherd as Singer, 'Patience & Fortitude'
 * Sheila Guyse as Singer, 'Look Down That Lonesome Road'
 * Juanita Hall as Singer, 'Chocolate Candy Blues'
 * Lynn Proctor Trio as Lynn Proctor Trio Singers 'Watch Out'
 * Juanita Hall Choir as Juanita Hall Choir, performing 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' & 'Nearer My God To Thee'
 * Hilda Geeley as Singer (uncredited)