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6.4In 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.
Released: 1997-08-27130 minDir: Bill DukeCrime, Drama
Cast
- Laurence Fishburne as Bumpy Johnson
- Tim Roth as Dutch Schultz
- Vanessa Williams as Francine Hughes
- Andy Garcia as Lucky Luciano
- Cicely Tyson as Stephanie St. Clair
- Chi McBride as Illinois Gordon
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Key dates
- Published
- 27 August 1997
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- organized crime
- Director
- Bill Duke
- Screenwriter
- Chris Brancato
- Cast member
- Leonard Roberts
- Composer
- Elmer Bernstein
- Producer
- Frank Mancuso, Jr.
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1990s hood films1997 American films1997 crime drama films1997 English-language films1997 filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsBiographical films about gangstersCultural depictions of Duke EllingtonCultural depictions of Dutch SchultzCultural depictions of Lucky LucianoEnglish-language crime drama filmsFilms about African-American organized crime