Hoodlum (1997)

Directed by

Bill Duke

Genre

drama film, action film, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 251 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In late 1920s Harlem, black gangster Bumpy Johnson fights a war against Jewish and Italian mobsters led by Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano for control of the numbers racket.

tensegrittyserioushistoricalviolentatmosphericslow-burn

What happens

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. The film concentrates on Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth), and Lucky Luciano (Andy García). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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