Hoodlum

Hoodlum

130 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 27, 1997

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.

Hoodlum

130 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 27, 1997

Hoodlum
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers United Artists
Original title Hoodlum
Directors Aiman Ahmad Humaideh, Tyrone L. Mason, Renate Schneuer, Anthony Mason, Bill Duke
Writers Chris Brancato

Cast

Laurence Fishburne

as Bumpy Johnson

Tim Roth

as Dutch Schultz

Vanessa Williams

as Francine Hughes (as Vanessa L. Williams)

Andy García

as Lucky Luciano

Cicely Tyson

as Stephanie St. Clair

Chi McBride

as Illinois Gordon

Clarence Williams III

as Bub Hewlett

Richard Bradford

as Captain Foley

William Atherton

as Thomas E. Dewey

Loretta Devine

as Pigfoot Mary

Queen Latifah

as Sulie

Mike Starr

as Albert Salke

Beau Starr

as Jules Salke

Paul Benjamin

as Whispers

Joe Guzaldo

as Bo Weinberg

Ed O'Ross

as Lulu Rosenkrantz