Hoodlum
Directed by Bill Duke
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.
- Released
- 27 Aug 1997
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Also known as
- Gangster, Hoods, Harlem N.Y.C. - Der Preis der Macht
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Screenplay
- Chris Brancato
- Cinematography
- Frank Tidy
- Music
- Elmer Bernstein
- Editor
- Harry Keramidas
- Elsewhere
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- Crime
- Drama
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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
