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Hoodlum

Power is measured in enemies.

1997 · R · 2h 10m

Directed by Bill Duke

6.5

TMDB audience score
269 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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 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