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Hoodlum

6.4 130 mins Crime   Drama   1997
United Artists   Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions   Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Bill Duke

Release Date: 27 Wed, Aug 1997

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.

Casts of Hoodlum

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

Beau Starr

as Jules Salke

Paul Benjamin

as Whispers

Joe Guzaldo

as Bo Weinberg

Ed O'Ross

as Lulu Rosenkrantz

J.W. Smith

as Calvin

Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

as Tee-Ninchy

John Toles-Bey

as Vallie

David Darlow

as Johnny 'Figures' DiPalmero

Steve Pickering

as Lucky's Henchman

Ellis Foster

as Undertaker

Bill Henderson

as Mr. Redmond

Juan Ramírez

as Enrique 'Henry' Miro

Tony Fitzpatrick

as Dutch's Driver

Tab Baker

as Willie Brunder

Joe Van Slyke

as Warden

Daniel Bryant

as Hep-Cat Man

Don James

as Piano Man

Sulanya 'Sue' Conway

as Miss Philmore

Paul Eckstein

as Dutch's Thug

Christian Payton

as Jimmy

Jackie Taylor

as Mrs. Andrews

Dick Gjonola

as Owney Madden

David Nisbet

as Man in Cotton Club

Nancy Nickel

as Woman in Cotton Club

Ted Love

as Runner

Kenya Cagle

as Runner

Jim Saltouros

as Lieutenant

Marc Vann

as Dutch's Liquor Henchman

Cheridah Best

as Prostitute

Iris Lieberman

as Female Prison Guard

Leonard Roberts

as Tyrone

John M. Watson Sr.

as Manager of Pool Hall

Lisa C. Boltauzer

as Dancer

Michael McCary

as Osgood

Erik Kilpatrick

as Security Guard

Demetrice O'Neal

as Singer

Tony Powell

as Rent Party Singer

Kevyn Morrow

as Waldo / Church Conductor

Louis Price

as Church Singer

Vernon Oliver Price

as Church Singer

Laurnea Wilkerson

as Cotton Club Singer

Tony Rich

as Duke Ellington

Kim Adams

as Show Girl

David A. Jansen

as Doorman

Fred Nelson

as Sideline Musician

Robert Keating

as Luciano's Mob Boss

Charles Koysta

as Luciano's Mob Boss

Joe Testa

as Luciano's Mob Boss

Rocky McCord

as Luciano's Mob Boss

Sheridan Bailey

as Bamville Club Dancer

Tiffani Glass

as Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer

Kirby Reed

as Bamville Club Dancer

Elaine McLaurin

as Bamville Club Dancer

Lazette Rayford O'Brien

as Bamville Club Dancer

J. Michael Jones

as Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer

Vanessa Truvillion

as Bamville Club Dancer

Le Von Campbell

as Bamville Club Dancer

Ron Wilson

as Bamville Club Dancer

Carrie

as Bamville Club Dancer

Monique S. Young Johnson

as Bamville Club Dancer

Will Gill Jr.

as Bamville Club Dancer

Elena Anderson

as Bamville Club Dancer

James Lacey

as Bamville Club Dancer

J. Todd

as Bamville Club Dancer

Sharon Kimbrough

as Bamville Club Dancer

Darryl Kent Clark

as Bamville Club Dancer

Albert Adams

as Bamville Club Dancer

Sandra Hodge-Hampton

as Rent Party Dancer

Delphine T. Mantz

as Rent Party Dancer

Darryl Manuel

as Rent Party Dancer

Barbara Koval

as Cotton Club Dancer

Chekesha Van Putten

as Cotton Club Dancer

Matagi Booker

as Cotton Club Dancer

Sharon Ferrol-Young

as Cotton Club Dancer

Tammi Cave

as Cotton Club Dancer

Magda Rivera

as Cotton Club Dancer

Ashley Cie Thompson

as Cotton Club Dancer

Donna M. Perkins

as Cotton Club Dancer

Daryl Richardson

as Cotton Club Dancer

Andy-John

as Driver (uncredited)

Joe Caballero

as Hector (uncredited)

Thomas F. Evans

as Hotel Resident (uncredited)

Isley Nicole Melton

as Party Girl (uncredited)

Dominic Paolo Testa

as Prostitute Patron (uncredited)

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