Episode 56: "Murder on Lenox Avenue" (part 1)




BMA: Black Media Archive show

Summary: Movie: "Murder on Lenox Avenue" (1941) is a story of the dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house that center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?