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Hoodlum

Name: Hoodlum
Director: Bill Duke
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1997-08-27
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson

1997 · 2h 10m · Crime, Drama

IMDb 6.3 Metacritic 50 RT 43%

Hoodlum has the ingredients for a solid crime drama—Harlem in the 1930s, Laurence Fishburne, gangster intrigue—but the mediocre scores tell you it doesn't quite pull it off. The muddled reviews suggest it's neither gritty enough nor entertaining enough to justify your time tonight. Skip it unless you're a completionist.

Plot

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.

Director: Bill Duke

Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson

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