Hoodlum

Name: Hoodlum
Director: Bill Duke
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1997-08-27
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson

“Power is measured in enemies.”

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.