Movie
Hoodlum
Overview
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-08-27
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Laurence Fishburne as Bumpy Johnson
- Tim Roth as Dutch Schultz
- Vanessa Williams as Francine Hughes
- Andy Garcia as Lucky Luciano
- Cicely Tyson as Stephanie St. Clair
- Chi McBride as Illinois Gordon
- Clarence Williams III as Bub Hewlett
- Richard Bradford as Captain Foley
- William Atherton as Thomas E. Dewey
- Loretta Devine as Pigfoot Mary
- Queen Latifah as Sulie
- Mike Starr as Albert Salke
Crew
- Bill Duke - Director
- Chris Brancato - Screenplay
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