Hoodlum
Hoodlum
Release: 1997-08-27
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 6.4
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
United Artists
Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tim Roth
as Dutch Schultz
J.W. Smith
as Calvin
John M. Watson Sr.
as Manager of Pool Hall
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
as Tee-Ninchy
David Darlow
as Johnny 'Figures' DiPalmero
Steve Pickering
as Lucky's Henchman
Richard Bradford
as Captain Foley
Chi McBride
as Illinois Gordon
Andy-John
as Driver (uncredited)
Isley Nicole Melton
as Party Girl (uncredited)
Ed O'Ross
as Lulu Rosenkrantz
David A. Jansen
as Doorman
William Atherton
as Thomas E. Dewey
Queen Latifah
as Sulie
Paul Eckstein
as Dutch's Thug
Leonard Roberts
as Tyrone
Joe Guzaldo
as Bo Weinberg
John Toles-Bey
as Vallie
Vanessa Williams
as Francine Hughes
Mike Starr
as Albert Salke
Beau Starr
as Jules Salke
Bill Henderson
as Mr. Redmond
Chekesha Van Putten
as Cotton Club Dancer
Andy Garcia
as Lucky Luciano
Dominic Paolo Testa
as Prostitute Patron (uncredited)
Paul Benjamin
as Whispers
Michael McCary
as Osgood
Kevyn Morrow
as Waldo / Church Conductor
Laurence Fishburne
as Bumpy Johnson
Cicely Tyson
as Stephanie St. Clair
Clarence Williams III
as Bub Hewlett
Loretta Devine
as Pigfoot Mary
Juan Ramírez
as Enrique 'Henry' Miro
Marc Vann
as Dutch's Liquor Henchman
Erik Kilpatrick
as Security Guard
Thomas F. Evans
as Hotel Resident (uncredited)
Crew
Chris Brancato
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Frank Tidy
Director of Photography
Laurence Fishburne
Executive Producer
Russell Towery
Stunts
Bill Duke
Director, Executive Producer
Paul Eckstein
Co-Producer
Otis Sallid
Choreographer, Second Unit Director
Ray Conchado
Grip, Production Assistant