Hoodlum
Movie · 1997 · Crime Drama · 2h 10m · Director: Bill Duke
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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.
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Cast
Laurence FishburneBumpy Johnson
Tim RothDutch Schultz
Vanessa WilliamsFrancine Hughes
Andy GarciaLucky Luciano
Cicely TysonStephanie St. Clair
Chi McBrideIllinois Gordon
Clarence Williams IIIBub Hewlett
Richard BradfordCaptain Foley
William AthertonThomas E. Dewey
Loretta DevinePigfoot Mary
Queen LatifahSulie
Mike StarrAlbert Salke
Beau StarrJules Salke
Paul BenjaminWhispers
Joe GuzaldoBo Weinberg
Full cast and crew
- Directed byBill Duke
- Written byChris Brancato
- Music byElmer Bernstein
Starring
- Bumpy JohnsonLaurence Fishburne
- Dutch SchultzTim Roth
- Francine HughesVanessa Williams
- Lucky LucianoAndy Garcia
Also starring
- Stephanie St. ClairCicely Tyson
- Illinois GordonChi McBride
- Bub HewlettClarence Williams III
- Captain FoleyRichard Bradford
- Thomas E. DeweyWilliam Atherton
- Pigfoot MaryLoretta Devine
- SulieQueen Latifah
- Albert SalkeMike Starr
- Jules SalkeBeau Starr
- WhispersPaul Benjamin
- Bo WeinbergJoe Guzaldo
- Lulu RosenkrantzEd O'Ross
Details
- Released
- Aug 27, 1997
- Original language
- English
- Directed by
- Bill Duke
- Written by
- Chris Brancato
- Music by
- Elmer Bernstein
- Director of photography
- Frank Tidy
- Production companies
United Artists- Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Production countries
- United States
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $23.5M
- Age rating
- R