Hoodlum (1997)

6.4/10 130 min Crime Drama

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.

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

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