Film6.51997130m

Hoodlum

Name: Hoodlum
Director: Bill Duke
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1997-08-27
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson

CrimeDrama

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 FishburneTim RothVanessa WilliamsAndy GarciaCicely TysonChi McBrideClarence Williams IIIRichard BradfordWilliam AthertonLoretta DevineQueen LatifahMike Starr

Director

Bill Duke

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