Hoodlum

Theatrical - Wide 1997-08-27

Cast Laurence Fishburne Tim Roth Vanessa Williams Andy Garcia Cicely Tyson
Directed by Bill Duke
Written by Chris Brancato

Box Office Gross: $23,461,013

Running Time: 130 minutes

Language: English

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

Genres: Crime Drama

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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... See more merciless mobster.

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