Hoodlum

Aug 27, 1997

2h 10m

★ 6.4

Power is measured in enemies.

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

United Artists

Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Hoodlum Trailers

Cast

Bumpy Johnson

Laurence Fishburne

Dutch Schultz

Tim Roth

Francine Hughes

Vanessa Williams

Lucky Luciano

Andy García

Stephanie St. Clair

Cicely Tyson

Illinois Gordon

Chi McBride

Bub Hewlett

Clarence Williams III

Captain Foley

Richard Bradford

Thomas E. Dewey

William Atherton

Pigfoot Mary

Loretta Devine

Sulie

Queen Latifah

Albert Salke

Mike Starr

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