Hoodlum
(1997)
★ 6.5 IMDb · 261 votes
Year: 1997
Runtime: 130 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Билл Дьюк
Cast: Лоренс Фишбёрн, Тим Рот, Ванесса Уильямс, Энди Гарсиа, Сисели Тайсон, Чи МакБр��йд, Кларенс Уильямс III, Ричард Брэдфорд, William Atherton, Лоретта Дивайн
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.
The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. Negotiations proposed by white syndicate boss Lucky Luciano never get under way, blood flows and Johnson gets jailed. When Johnson is paroled, he gets the work of enforcer for mighty Stephanie "The Queen" St. Clair. She is also jailed for racketeering and when she leaves she makes him promise "no violence".