Hoodlum
1997·United States·130 min.
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The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. Negotiations proposed by white syndicate boss Lucky Luciano never get under way, blood flows and Johnson gets jailed. When Johnson is paroled, he gets the work of enforcer for mighty Stephanie "The Queen" St. Clair. She is also jailed for racketeering and when she leaves she makes him promise "no violence".
DirectorBill Duke
ScreenwriterChris Brancato
MusicElmer Bernstein
CinematographyFrank Tidy
CastTim Roth·Laurence Fishburne·Vanessa Williams·Andy García·Cicely Tyson·Chi McBride·Richard Bradford·Clarence Williams III·William Atherton·Loretta Devine·Queen Latifah·Mike Starr·Leonard RobertsShow all
Original titleHoodlum