Bargain with Bullets is a 1937 American film. The first film produced by Million Dollar Productions, it features an African American cast of actors and performers. The gangster film is about the Harlem underworld.[1] It was described as the first Hollywood "all-Negro" film.[1] The film features several musical performances.[2]
Toddy Pictures Company acquired Million Dollar Productions and re-released the film as Gangsters on the Loose.
The gangster themed film drew scrutiny from film censorship boards in the U.S. requiring extensive editing of the film.[3]
Cast
- Ralph Cooper as Mugsy "Killer" Moore
- Theresa Harris
- Frances Turham
- Lawrence Criner
- Clarence Brooks[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Bargain With Bullets (1937)". December 4, 1937. p. 7 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "BARGAIN WITH BULLETS". Library of Congress.
- ↑ Butters, Gerald R. (September 8, 2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826266033 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Bargain With Bullets (1937)". October 30, 1937. p. 24 – via newspapers.com.
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