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Hoodlum

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Hoodlum
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R,2hrs 10min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1997
Director:
Bill Duke
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams  ...more
Synopsis: The white-run Mafia and the black-run numbers game meet head on with explosive impact in this period crime thriller. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) is an African-American ex-con who, after a stay in prison, returns to Harlem at the height of its renaissance before World War II. Looking for work, Bumpy becomes a lieutenant for Stephanie St. Clair (Cicely Tyson), the queen of Harlem's numbers racket. Bumpy's old friend Illinois Gordon (Chi McBride) gently expresses his concern about ... Full Synopsis
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Josh Ralske, AMG Review
Bill Duke, after breaking Hollywood race barriers by directing Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (the first sequel to a Hollywood blockbuster entrusted to an African-American director) returned to familiar ground with Hoodlum. Hoodlum, like Duke's entertaining adaptation of Chester Himes' A Rage in Harlem, takes place in the underworld of Harlem in the 1930s. But here, Duke is working on a much larger ... Full Review
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Laurence Fishburne
Ellsworth (Bumpy) Johnson
Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz
Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes
Andy Garcia
Lucky Luciano
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