Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
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- 7 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaActor Clarence Williams III who plays the character Bub Hewlett, a rival of Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson's, would go on to portray Johnson in the first few scenes of American Gangster (2007) 10 years later.
- GoofsWhile Bumpy and Madame St. Claire are listening to opera on the Victrola, the record playing displays the Okeh label. Okeh Records, founded in 1918 recorded mainly middle-of-the road popular music, standards, light classical and blues, but not opera.
- Quotes
Dutch Schultz: I remember the days when you could get a guy hit for 40 bucks.
Albert Salke: We live in inflationary times
- SoundtracksIt Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Written by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Performed by Laurnea Wilkerson
Laurnea Wilkerson appears courtesy of Yab Yum Entertainment
Featured review
"New Jack City" meets "The Untouchables"
A solid, well-to-do flick, "Hoodlum" is a good film trying to
live up the dying genre of the 1930's gangster flick. Laurence
Fishburne is in top form as Bumpy, an ex-con from Sing Sing who
becomes a big time ganglord in Harlem. While not tackling
enemies such as Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) and Lucky Luchiano
(Andy Garcia), Bumpy romances his girl Francine (the fine
Vanessa Williams). Packed with machine gun-toting violence,
"Hoodlum" has the cool style of modern day crime thrillers such
as "New Jack City" and the sneering Al Caponeish look of the old
style
live up the dying genre of the 1930's gangster flick. Laurence
Fishburne is in top form as Bumpy, an ex-con from Sing Sing who
becomes a big time ganglord in Harlem. While not tackling
enemies such as Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) and Lucky Luchiano
(Andy Garcia), Bumpy romances his girl Francine (the fine
Vanessa Williams). Packed with machine gun-toting violence,
"Hoodlum" has the cool style of modern day crime thrillers such
as "New Jack City" and the sneering Al Caponeish look of the old
style
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- May 24, 2000
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Gangster
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,499,102
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,162,768
- Sep 1, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $23,499,102
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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