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.

Cast

Laurence Fishburne

as Bumpy Johnson

Tim Roth

as Dutch Schultz

Vanessa Williams

as Francine Hughes

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

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