Hoodlum
27/08/1997
2h 10m

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.
Cast


Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Johnson


Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz


Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes


Andy Garcia
Lucky Luciano


Cicely Tyson
Stephanie St. Clair


Chi McBride
Illinois Gordon


Clarence Williams III
Bub Hewlett


Richard Bradford
Captain Foley


William Atherton
Thomas E. Dewey


Loretta Devine
Pigfoot Mary


Queen Latifah
Sulie


Mike Starr
Albert Salke


Beau Starr
Jules Salke


Paul Benjamin
Whispers


Joe Guzaldo
Bo Weinberg


Ed O'Ross
Lulu Rosenkrantz


J.W. Smith
Calvin


Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Tee-Ninchy


John Toles-Bey
Vallie


David Darlow
Johnny 'Figures' DiPalmero


Steve Pickering
Lucky's Henchman
Ellis Foster
Undertaker


Bill Henderson
Mr. Redmond


Juan Ramírez
Enrique 'Henry' Miro
Tony Fitzpatrick
Dutch's Driver
Robert Cornelius
Hobo
Tab Baker
Willie Brunder
Joe Van Slyke
Warden
Daniel Bryant
Hep-Cat Man
Don James
Piano Man
Sulanya 'Sue' Conway
Miss Philmore
Paul Eckstein
Dutch's Thug
Christian Payton
Jimmy
Jackie Taylor
Mrs. Andrews
Dick Gjonola
Owney Madden
David Nisbet
Man in Cotton Club
Nancy Nickel
Woman in Cotton Club
Ted Love
Runner
Kenya Cagle
Runner
Jim Saltouros
Lieutenant


Marc Vann
Dutch's Liquor Henchman
Cheridah Best
Prostitute
Colin Bradley Sylvester
Chee Chee
Iris Lieberman
Female Prison Guard


Leonard Roberts
Tyrone


John M. Watson Sr.
Manager of Pool Hall
Lisa C. Boltauzer
Dancer


Michael McCary
Osgood


Erik Kilpatrick
Security Guard
Demetrice O'Neal
Singer
Tony Powell
Rent Party Singer


Kevyn Morrow
Waldo / Church Conductor
Louis Price
Church Singer
Vernon Oliver Price
Church Singer
Laurnea Wilkerson
Cotton Club Singer
Tony Rich
Duke Ellington
Kim Adams
Show Girl


David A. Jansen
Doorman
Fred Nelson
Sideline Musician
Robert Keating
Luciano's Mob Boss
Charles Koysta
Luciano's Mob Boss
Joe Testa
Luciano's Mob Boss
Rocky McCord
Luciano's Mob Boss
Sheridan Bailey
Bamville Club Dancer
Tiffani Glass
Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer
Kirby Reed
Bamville Club Dancer
Elaine McLaurin
Bamville Club Dancer
Lazette Rayford O'Brien
Bamville Club Dancer
J. Michael Jones
Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer
Vanessa Truvillion
Bamville Club Dancer
Le Von Campbell
Bamville Club Dancer
Ron Wilson
Bamville Club Dancer
Carrie
Bamville Club Dancer
Monique S. Young Johnson
Bamville Club Dancer
Will Gill Jr.
Bamville Club Dancer
Elena Anderson
Bamville Club Dancer
James Lacey
Bamville Club Dancer
J. Todd
Bamville Club Dancer
Sharon Kimbrough
Bamville Club Dancer
Darryl Kent Clark
Bamville Club Dancer
Albert Adams
Bamville Club Dancer
Sandra Hodge-Hampton
Rent Party Dancer
Delphine T. Mantz
Rent Party Dancer
Darryl Manuel
Rent Party Dancer
Barbara Koval
Cotton Club Dancer


Chekesha Van Putten
Cotton Club Dancer
Matagi Booker
Cotton Club Dancer
Sharon Ferrol-Young
Cotton Club Dancer
Tammi Cave
Cotton Club Dancer
Magda Rivera
Cotton Club Dancer
Ashley Cie Thompson
Cotton Club Dancer
Donna M. Perkins
Cotton Club Dancer
Daryl Richardson
Cotton Club Dancer


Andy-John
Driver (uncredited)
Joe Caballero
Hector (uncredited)


Thomas F. Evans
Hotel Resident (uncredited)


Isley Nicole Melton
Party Girl (uncredited)


Dominic Paolo Testa
Prostitute Patron (uncredited)
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