Hoodlum - Region 1 DVD

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Directed by :

Bill Duke

Starring :

Laurence Fishburne

Tim Roth

Vanessa Williams

Andy Garcia

Cicely Tyson

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Description: O O 0 0 A flawed but admirably ambitious gangster movie, Hoodlum aspires to be a kind of Harlem-based equivalent to The Godfather, and while it falls short of that lofty goal it's still got plenty of qualities to make it well worth seeing. It's the first film to tell the story of Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (charismatically played by Laurence Fishburne), an ex-convict who dominated the Harlem numbers racket during the 1930s and '40s. As he rises to power he gains equally powerful enemies, including hotheaded Bronx gangster Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) and the suave mobster Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia). Determined to defend ... (more)

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 4 February 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792838074 UPC: 027616699527

Tags: Mob (1), 1990's (1)

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