02 Sep 1928
Gang War
Saxophone player Clyde meets a woman named Flowers, and teaches her to dance. He later discovers that gangster boss "Blackjack" is also in love with her. "Blackjack" is also battling gang boss Mike Luego in a violent turf war.
Hoodlum
Power is measured in enemies.
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.
Top Billed 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
Queen Latifah Sulie
Mike Starr Albert Salke
Beau Starr Jules Salke
Paul Benjamin Whispers
Joe Guzaldo Bo Weinberg
Ed O'Ross Lulu Rosenkrantz
J.W. Smith Calvin
Eddie Bo Smith Jr. Tee-Ninchy
John Toles-Bey Vallie
David Darlow Johnny 'Figures' DiPalmero
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