Hoodlum
Power is measured in enemies.
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'.
Direction
Screenplay
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
Elmer Bernstein
Composer
Frank Tidy
Cinematographer
