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