Hoodlum

August. 27,1997      R
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Laurence Fishburne as  Bumpy Johnson
Tim Roth as  Dutch Schultz
Vanessa Williams as  Francine Hughes
Andy García as  Lucky Luciano
Cicely Tyson as  Stephanie St. Clair
Chi McBride as  Illinois Gordon
Clarence Williams III as  Bub Hewlett
Richard Bradford as  Captain Foley
William Atherton as  Thomas E. Dewey
Loretta Devine as  Pigfoot Mary

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