Hoodlum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-08-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (7731 Reviews)

Director:

Bill Duke

Genres:

Crime Drama

Cast:

Laurence Fishburne Tim Roth Vanessa Williams Andy Garcia

Writer:

Chris Brancato

Fullplot:

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".

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