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📊 Film Specifications
Director Bill Duke
Writer Chris Brancato (Screenplay)
Release Date August 27, 1997
Runtime 130 min (2h 10m)
Country United States of America
Language EN
Budget $30,000,000
Box Office $23,461,013
Studios United Artists • Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hoodlum (1997)
Directed by Bill Duke
• Written by Chris Brancato
"Power is measured in enemies."
⭐ 3.3 / 5 (269 votes) ⏱️ 130 min 🎬 Crime, Drama
Ratings Breakdown:
269 ratings 0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars
Synopsis
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.
Top Cast & Filmmakers
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Bill Duke
Director
Screenplay Chris Brancato
Screenplay
Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Johnson
Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz
Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes
Andy Garcia
Lucky Luciano
Cicely Tyson
Stephanie St. Clair
Chi McBride
Illinois Gordon
Clarence Williams III
Bub Hewlett
Richard Bradford
Captain Foley
William Atherton
Thomas E. Dewey
Loretta Devine
Pigfoot Mary
Queen Latifah
Sulie
Mike Starr
Albert Salke