Released
Hoodlum
August 27 1997 (over 27 years ago)Rating
64
Based on
190 reviews
Power is measured in enemies.
- Director: Bill Duke
- Writer: Chris Brancato
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 10 m
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $23,461,013
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
