Hoodlum (1997)

Crime, Drama, General Film

Director: Bill Duke

Writer(s): Chris Brancato

Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride, Clarence Williams III, Richard Bradford, William Atherton, Loretta Devine, Queen Latifah, Mike Starr, Beau Starr, Paul Benjamin, Joe Guzaldo, Ed O’Ross, J.W. Smith, Eddie Bo Smith Jr., John Toles-Bey, David Darlow, Steve Pickering, Ellis Foster, Bill Henderson, Juan Ramírez, Tony Fitzpatrick, Robert Cornelius, Tab Baker, Joe Van Slyke, Daniel Bryant, Don James, Sulanya ‘Sue’ Conway, Paul Eckstein, Christian Payton, Jackie Taylor, Dick Gjonola, David Nisbet, Nancy Nickel, Ted Love, Kenya Cagle, Jim Saltouros, Marc Vann, Cheridah Best, Colin Bradley Sylvester, Iris Lieberman, Leonard Roberts, John M. Watson Sr., Lisa C. Boltauzer, Michael McCary, Erik Kilpatrick, Demetrice O’Neal, Tony Powell, Kevyn Morrow, Louis Price, Vernon Oliver Price, Laurnea Wilkerson, Tony Rich, Kim Adams, David A. Jansen, Fred Nelson, Robert Keating, Charles Koysta, Joe Testa, Rocky McCord, Sheridan Bailey, Tiffani Glass, Kirby Reed, Elaine McLaurin, Lazette Rayford O’Brien, J. Michael Jones, Vanessa Truvillion, Le Von Campbell, Ron Wilson, Carrie, Monique S. Young Johnson, Will Gill Jr., Elana Anderson, James Lacey, J. Todd, Sharon Kimbrough, Darryl Kent Clark, Albert Adams, Sandra Hodge-Hampton, Delphine T. Mantz, Darryl Manuel, Barbara Koval, Chekesha Van Putten, Matagi Booker, Sharon Ferrol-Young, Tammi Cave, Magda Rivera, Ashley Cie Thompson, Donna M. Perkins, Daryl Richardson, Thomas F. Evans, Andy-John, Joseph Luis Caballero, Leon ‘Lee’ Fuller, Charley Harrison, Rita Hawn, Anthony W. Johnson, Isley Nicole Melton, Dominic Paolo Testa

Synopsis: Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket

Release Date: August 27, 1997 (USA) | Length: 130 min | Genre: Crime, Drama | MPAA Rating: Rated R for graphic gangster violence, strong language, a scene of sexuality and some nudity.

Note: I identified as many people as I could.