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Hoodlum

[1997, Movie]

Hoodlum: Review

Thug life: Laurence Fishburne and Vanessa Williams

This period gangster picture attempts to do for 1930s Harlem and real-life numbers impresario Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) what the GODFATHER trilogy did for the Mafia, but director Bill Duke undermines it at every turn, shifting tone from morality tale to comedy to straight-out action. Newly released from Sing Sing, Bumpy heads right back into business with Harlem numbers queen Stephanie St. Clair (Cicely Tyson), who's trapped in a turf war with the rut... read more

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One of the niftiest "B" gangster films of...
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One of the niftiest "B" gangster films of...
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Posted: 1/17/2008 Length: 0m 26s

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Year: 1997
Rated R

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Cast
Laurence Fishburne: Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
Tim Roth: Dutch Schultz
Vanessa L. Williams: Francine Hughes
Andy Garcia: Lucky Luciano
Cicely Tyson: Madame Stephanie St. Clair
Chi McBride: Illinois Gordon

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