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Hoodlum is a 1997 American crime drama film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Aug 27, 1997 · Hoodlum: Directed by Bill Duke. With Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia. Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
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- Crime, Drama
- Bill Duke
- 1997-08-27
Aug 27, 1997 · Duke and his screenwriter, Chris Brancato, don't make "Hoodlum'' into a violent action film, though it has its bloody shoot-outs, but into more of a character study.
The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. Negotiations proposed by white syndicate boss Lucky Luciano never get under way, blood flows and Johnson gets jailed.
Aug 27, 1997 · Overview. 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. Bill Duke.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Having just been released from jail, Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) returns to his criminal ways as a linchpin in the African-American-run numbers racket.
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- Crime, Drama
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