Hoodlum

Release Date:

Aug 27, 1997

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:10

Genre:

Crime Drama

Director:

Bill Duke

Cast:

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 Dewey
Loretta Devine	Pigfoot Mary
Queen Latifah	Latifah
Paul Benjamin	Whispers
Mike Starr	Albert Salke
Beau Starr	Jules Salke
Joe Guzaldo	Bo Weinberg
Ed O'Ross	Lulu Rosenkrantz
J.W. Smith	Calvin
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.	Tee-Ninchy

Producers:

Bill Duke , Laurence Fishburne , Helen Sugland , Frank Mancuso Jr.

Writers:

Chris Brancato

Language:

English

Related Programs:

Harlem Nights

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

Having just been released from jail, Bumpy Johnson returns to his criminal ways as a linchpin in the African-American-run numbers racket. However, Bumpy's longtime friend Illinois Gordon and girlfriend Francine Hughes are both eager to get him back on the straight and narrow. But a brewing rivalry with Mafia boss Lucky Luciano and his henchman Dutch Schultz threatens to raise the stakes to dangerous new levels.

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