In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.

Harlem Shake stars Lorraine Fields and Frances Morgan as a pair of competitive choreographers who must vie with each other in order to secure employment at a series of successful nightclubs. The two have not only a professional rivalry, but a romantic one as well.