The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

127 mins | Drama, Crime | Dec. 14, 1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

The Cotton Club

127 mins | Drama, Crime | Dec. 14, 1984

The Cotton Club
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Orion Pictures, Totally Independent, PSO
Original title The Cotton Club
Directors Lynn Lewis Lovett, Robert V. Girolami, Henry J. Bronchtein, Louis D'Esposito, Francis Ford Coppola
Writers Jim Haskins, William Kennedy, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Richard Gere

as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Gregory Hines

as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

Diane Lane

as Vera Cicero

Lonette McKee

as Lila Rose Oliver

Bob Hoskins

as Owney Madden

James Remar

as Dutch Schultz

Nicolas Cage

as Vincent Dwyer

Allen Garfield

as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

Fred Gwynne

as Frenchy Demange

Gwen Verdon

as Tish Dwyer

Lisa Jane Persky

as Frances Flegenheimer

Maurice Hines

as Clay Williams

Julian Beck

as Sol Weinstein

Novella Nelson

as Madame St. Clair

Laurence Fishburne

as Bumpy Rhodes

John P. Ryan

as Joe Flynn

Tom Waits

as Irving Stark

Ron Karabatsos

as Mike Best

Glenn Withrow

as Ed Popke

Jennifer Grey

as Patsy Dwyer

Wynonna Smith

as Winnie Williams

Thelma Carpenter

as Norma Williams

Charles 'Honi' Coles

as Suger Coates

Larry Marshall

as Cab Calloway

Joe Dallesandro

as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Diane Venora

as Gloria Swanson

Tucker Smallwood

as Kid Griffin

Marc Coppola

as Ted Husing

Robert Earl Jones

as Stage Door Joe

Sofia Coppola

as Child in Street

Tracey Ross

as Dancer

Mario Van Peebles

as Dancer

Ed O'Ross

as Monk

Frederick Downs Jr.

as Sullen Man

Woody Strode

as Holmes

Bill Graham

as J.W.

Dayton Allen

as Solly

Kim Chan

as Ling

Ed Rowan

as Messiah

Leonard Termo

as Danny

Brian Tarantina

as Vince Hood

Bruce MacVittie

as Vince Hood

James Russo

as Vince Hood

Giancarlo Esposito

as Bumpy Hood

Rony Clanton

as Caspar Holstein

Damien Leake

as Bub Jewett

Bill Cobbs

as Big Joe Ison

Joe Lynn

as Marcial Flores

Oscar Barnes

as Spanish Henry

Ed Zang

as Hotel Clerk

Sandra Beall

as Myrtle Fay

Zane Mark

as Duke Ellington

Paul Herman

as Policeman #1

Randle Mell

as Policeman #2

Gregory Rozakis

as Charlie Chaplin

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

as James Cagney

Rosalind Harris

as Fanny Brice

Jackée Harry

as Dancer

Sonya Hensley

as Dancer

Valarie Pettiford

as Dancer

Kimberly Dorsey

as Joan Blondell (uncredited)

Anton Evangelista

as Ownie Hood (uncredited)

Nicholas J. Giangiulio

as Screen Test Thug (uncredited)

Suzanne Kaaren

as The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)

Robin Karfo

as Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited)

Mark Margolis

as Charlie Workman (uncredited)

Naylon Mitchell

as Busboy (uncredited)

Ray Negron

as Waiter (uncredited)

Kirk Taylor

as Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)

Rick Washburn

as Hitman (uncredited)