Hoodlum
Hoodlum

Hoodlum

Power is measured in enemies.

6.4(212 votes)
1997
2h 10m
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

United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Bumpy Johnson

Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Dutch Schultz

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Francine Hughes

Andy García

Andy García

Lucky Luciano

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Stephanie St. Clair

Chi McBride

Chi McBride

Illinois Gordon

Clarence Williams III

Clarence Williams III

Bub Hewlett

Richard Bradford

Richard Bradford

Captain Foley

William Atherton

William Atherton

Thomas E. Dewey

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Pigfoot Mary

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