The movie Hoodlum (Original title Hoodlum) has in the main roles on Laurence Fishburne (Bumpy Johnson), Vanessa Williams (Francine Hughes), Andy García (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), Ed O'Ross (Lulu Rosenkrantz), J.W. Smith (Calvin), Bill Henderson (Mr. Redmond), Marc Vann (Dutch's Liquor Henchman), Leonard Roberts (Tyrone) The release date of the movie is 27.08.1997. This movie it is produced by United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Filmed in the following locations: Museum of Science & Industry - 57th & Lake Shore Drive, Jackson Park, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA . Production countries: United States of America Movie Genre: Movies Crime, Movies Drama
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.