The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club
Release: 1984-12-14
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 6.5
Crime
Drama
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Totally Independent
PSO
American Zoetrope
Robert Evans Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Julian Beck
as Sol Weinstein
Jennifer Grey
as Patsy Dwyer
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
as Screen Test Thug (uncredited)
Allen Garfield
as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman
Lisa Jane Persky
as Frances Flegenheimer
Ron Karabatsos
as Mike Best
Kim Chan
as Ling
Richard Gere
as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
Tom Waits
as Irving Stark
Glenn Withrow
as Ed Popke
Thelma Carpenter
as Norma Williams
Mario Van Peebles
as Dancer
Brian Tarantina
as Vince Hood
Randle Mell
as Policeman #2
Bill Cobbs
as Big Joe Ison
Leonard Termo
as Danny
Rony Clanton
as Caspar Holstein
Kimberly Dorsey
as Joan Blondell (uncredited)
Ray Negron
as Waiter (uncredited)
Valarie Pettiford
as Dancer
Anton Evangelista
as Ownie Hood (uncredited)
Larry Marshall
as Cab Calloway
Joe Dallesandro
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Sofia Coppola
as Child in Street
Bruce MacVittie
as Vince Hood
Rick Washburn
as Hitman (uncredited)
Gregory Hines
as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
Ed O'Ross
as Monk
Paul Herman
as Policeman #1
Diane Venora
as Gloria Swanson
Rosalind Harris
as Fanny Brice
James Remar
as Dutch Schultz
Dayton Allen
as Solly
Jackée Harry
as Dancer
Nicolas Cage
as Vincent Dwyer
Wynonna Smith
as Winnie Williams
Damien Leake
as Bub Jewett
Naylon Mitchell
as Busboy (uncredited)
Novella Nelson
as Madame St. Clair
Laurence Fishburne
as Bumpy Rhodes
John P. Ryan
as Joe Flynn
Marc Coppola
as Ted Husing
Robert Earl Jones
as Stage Door Joe
James Russo
as Vince Hood
Giancarlo Esposito
as Bumpy Hood
Sandra Beall
as Myrtle Fay
Diane Lane
as Vera Cicero
Lonette McKee
as Lila Rose Oliver
Tucker Smallwood
as Kid Griffin
Tracey Ross
as Dancer
Suzanne Kaaren
as The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)
Kirk Taylor
as Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)
Vincent Jerman-Jerosa
as James Cagney
Mark Margolis
as Charlie Workman (uncredited)
Fred Gwynne
as Frenchy Demange
Gwen Verdon
as Tish Dwyer
Woody Strode
as Holmes
Linda Gillen
as voice (uncredited)
Bob Hoskins
as Owney Madden
Crew
Michael Haley
Other
Robert Q. Lovett
Editor
Mario Puzo
Story
Robert Evans
Producer
David Chapman
Art Direction
Louis D'Esposito
Second Assistant Director
Judianna Makovsky
Assistant Costume Designer
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
John Barry
Original Music Composer
Milena Canonero
Costume Design
Henry J. Bronchtein
Second Assistant Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Story