Movie
The Cotton Club
Overview
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Details
- Release date
- 1984-12-14
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Totally Independent, PSO, American Zoetrope, Robert Evans Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Richard Gere as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
- Gregory Hines as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
- Diane Lane as Vera Cicero
- Lonette McKee as Lila Rose Oliver
- Bob Hoskins as Owney Madden
- James Remar as Dutch Schultz
- Nicolas Cage as Vincent Dwyer
- Allen Garfield as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman
- Fred Gwynne as Frenchy Demange
- Gwen Verdon as Tish Dwyer
- Lisa Jane Persky as Frances Flegenheimer
- Maurice Hines as Clay Williams
Crew
- Francis Ford Coppola - Director
- Francis Ford Coppola - Screenplay
- William Kennedy - Screenplay
- Francis Ford Coppola - Story
- William Kennedy - Story
- Mario Puzo - Story
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