Hoodlum

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.

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 E. Dewey

Loretta Devine

Pigfoot Mary