Hoodlum (1997)2h10
Crime · Drama
Director Bill Duke (6.6 avg)
Also directed Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Deep Cover, Not Easily Broken, and 18 more
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.
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Cast
Laurence Fishburne
Tim Roth
Vanessa Williams
Andy Garcia
Cicely Tyson
Chi McBride
Clarence Williams III
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