Directed by:
Bill DukeScreenplay:
Chris BrancatoCinematography:
Frank TidyComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride, Clarence Williams III, Richard Bradford, William Atherton (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
In 1930s' New York, Bumpy Johnson (Fishburne) rules the Harlem numbers racket with a rare combination of honor, dignity and strength. But when savage gangster Dutch Schultz (Roth), threatens his reign with a series of bloody attacks, Bumpy knows that the only way to win is to play Dutch's deadly game. As a vicious war spins madly out of control, so does Bumpy's personal life, and soon the mobster realizes that his only way out is to instigate a dangerous plan involving one of the most feared and powerful gangsters in history... mob chief Lucky Luciano (Garcia). (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
(more)Cast
![Laurence Fishburne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/130/162130273_ac4662.jpg)
Laurence Fishburne
USA
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Color Purple (1985)
![Tim Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/805/160805237_4568ba.jpg)
Tim Roth
UK
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
![Vanessa Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/457/164457245_05e836.jpg)
Vanessa Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) (TV movie)
Homer's Odyssey (1997) (TV movie)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
![Andy Garcia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/074/160074508_8de7e8.jpg)
Andy Garcia
Cuba
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
![Cicely Tyson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/934/162934044_c96618.jpg)
Cicely Tyson
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Roots (1977) (series)
![Chi McBride](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/157/160157379_c1a620.jpg)
Chi McBride
USA
Best movies:
I, Robot (2004)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
The Terminal (2004)
![Clarence Williams III](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273087_878a41.jpg)
Clarence Williams III
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV movie)
![Richard Bradford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/642/160642049_159331.jpg)
Richard Bradford
USA
Best movies:
The Untouchables (1987)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
The Chase (1966)
![William Atherton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267395_b1888a.jpg)
William Atherton
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
![Loretta Devine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360030_c551be.png)
Loretta Devine
USA
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
I Am Sam (2001)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV movie)
![Queen Latifah](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/110/166110276_a5a459.jpg)
Queen Latifah
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Chicago (2002)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
![Mike Starr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/402/402346_442c29.jpg)
Mike Starr
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Ed Wood (1994)
The Natural (1984)
![Beau Starr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272011_00fd0a.jpg)
Beau Starr
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
![Ed O'Ross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/111/160111723_9df62c.jpg)
Ed O'Ross
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Cotton Club (1984)
![David Darlow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776600_5d675a.jpg)
David Darlow
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Kung Fu: The Next Generation (1987) (TV movie)
![Leonard Roberts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274641_5d747c.jpg)
Leonard Roberts
USA
Best movies:
American Sniper (2014)
He Got Game (1998)
Savages (2012)
![Paul Benjamin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712219_b8b567.gif)
Paul Benjamin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Station Agent (2003)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
![Bill Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/259/160259661_127885.gif)
Bill Henderson
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Christian Payton
USA
Best movies:
The Temptations (1998) (TV movie)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Hoodlum (1997)
J.W. Smith
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
Crossroads (1986)
The Warriors (1979)