---
title: 'Hoodlum (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bill Duke'
released: '1997-08-27'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hoodlum-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119311/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hoodlum (1997)

1997 · 125 min · Drama, Action, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

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, Dutch Schultz, and Lucky Luciano.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bill Duke](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-duke)
- **Screenplay:** [Chris Brancato](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-brancato)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Frank Mancuso, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mancuso-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Frank Tidy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-tidy)
- **Editor:** [Harry Keramidas](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-keramidas)

## Cast

- [Laurence Fishburne](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-fishburne)
- [Andy Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-garcia)
- [William Atherton](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-atherton)
- [Paul Benjamin](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-benjamin)
- [Loretta Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/loretta-devine)
- [Queen Latifah](https://cinepixo.com/people/queen-latifah)
- [Clarence Williams III](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-williams-iii)
- [Chi McBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/chi-mcbride)
- [Richard Bradford](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bradford)
- [Cicely Tyson](https://cinepixo.com/people/cicely-tyson)
- [Tim Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-roth)
- [Vanessa Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-williams)
- [Leonard Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-roberts)
- [Ed O'Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-o-ross)
- [Beau Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/beau-starr)

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