
Hoodlum
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.

Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Johnson

Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz

Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes

Andy García
Lucky Luciano

Cicely Tyson
Stephanie St. Clair

Chi McBride
Illinois Gordon

Clarence Williams III
Bub Hewlett

Richard Bradford
Captain Foley

William Atherton
Thomas E. Dewey

Loretta Devine
Pigfoot Mary

Queen Latifah
Sulie

Mike Starr
Albert Salke

Beau Starr
Jules Salke

Paul Benjamin
Whispers

Joe Guzaldo
Bo Weinberg

Ed O'Ross
Lulu Rosenkrantz

J.W. Smith
Calvin
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Tee-Ninchy

John Toles-Bey
Vallie

David Darlow
Johnny 'Figures' DiPalmero

Steve Pickering
Lucky's Henchman
Ellis Foster
Undertaker

Bill Henderson
Mr. Redmond

Juan Ramírez
Enrique 'Henry' Miro
Tony Fitzpatrick
Dutch's Driver
Robert Cornelius
Hobo
Tab Baker
Willie Brunder
Joe Van Slyke
Warden
Daniel Bryant
Hep-Cat Man
Don James
Piano Man
Sulanya 'Sue' Conway
Miss Philmore

Paul Eckstein
Dutch's Thug
Christian Payton
Jimmy
Jackie Taylor
Mrs. Andrews
Dick Gjonola
Owney Madden
David Nisbet
Man in Cotton Club
Nancy Nickel
Woman in Cotton Club
Ted Love
Runner
Kenya Cagle
Runner
Jim Saltouros
Lieutenant

Marc Vann
Dutch's Liquor Henchman
Cheridah Best
Prostitute
Colin Bradley Sylvester
Chee Chee
Iris Lieberman
Female Prison Guard

Leonard Roberts
Tyrone

John M. Watson Sr.
Manager of Pool Hall
Lisa C. Boltauzer
Dancer

Michael McCary
Osgood

Erik Kilpatrick
Security Guard
Demetrice O'Neal
Singer
Tony Powell
Rent Party Singer

Kevyn Morrow
Waldo / Church Conductor
Louis Price
Church Singer
Vernon Oliver Price
Church Singer
Laurnea Wilkerson
Cotton Club Singer
Tony Rich
Duke Ellington
Kim Adams
Show Girl

David A. Jansen
Doorman
Fred Nelson
Sideline Musician
Robert Keating
Luciano's Mob Boss
Charles Koysta
Luciano's Mob Boss
Joe Testa
Luciano's Mob Boss
Rocky McCord
Luciano's Mob Boss
Sheridan Bailey
Bamville Club Dancer
Tiffani Glass
Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer
Kirby Reed
Bamville Club Dancer
Elaine McLaurin
Bamville Club Dancer
Lazette Rayford O'Brien
Bamville Club Dancer
J. Michael Jones
Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer
Vanessa Truvillion
Bamville Club Dancer
Le Von Campbell
Bamville Club Dancer
Ron Wilson
Bamville Club Dancer
Carrie
Bamville Club Dancer
Monique S. Young Johnson
Bamville Club Dancer
Will Gill Jr.
Bamville Club Dancer
Elana Anderson
Bamville Club Dancer
James Lacey
Bamville Club Dancer
J. Todd
Bamville Club Dancer
Sharon Kimbrough
Bamville Club Dancer
Darryl Kent Clark
Bamville Club Dancer
Albert Adams
Bamville Club Dancer
Sandra Hodge-Hampton
Rent Party Dancer
Delphine T. Mantz
Rent Party Dancer
Darryl Manuel
Rent Party Dancer
Barbara Koval
Cotton Club Dancer

Chekesha Van Putten
Cotton Club Dancer
Matagi Booker
Cotton Club Dancer
Sharon Ferrol-Young
Cotton Club Dancer
Tammi Cave
Cotton Club Dancer
Magda Rivera
Cotton Club Dancer
Ashley Cie Thompson
Cotton Club Dancer
Donna M. Perkins
Cotton Club Dancer
Daryl Richardson
Cotton Club Dancer

Andy-John
Driver (uncredited)
Joe Caballero
Hector (uncredited)

Thomas F. Evans
Hotel Resident (uncredited)

Anthony W. Johnson
Dancer (uncredited)

Isley Nicole Melton
Party Girl (uncredited)

Dominic Paolo Testa
Prostitute Patron (uncredited)