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Hoodlum (1997)

Hoodlum (1997)

Drama Crime

Power is measured in enemies.

Release Date: 1997, August 27
Directors: Bill Duke
Countries: United States of America
Production: United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Mike Starr, Beau Starr, Paul Eckstein, Marc Vann, William Atherton, Andy Garcia, Kim Adams, Richard Bradford, Cicely Tyson, John M. Watson Sr.

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

gangster 1930s mobster