Hoodlum
“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.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
United Artists
Language
en
Status
Released
How Hoodlum performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$23.5M
Gross Profit
−$6.5M
Return
0.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Bumpy Johnson
Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Johnson
Dutch Schultz
Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz
Francine Hughes
Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes
Lucky Luciano
Andy Garcia
Lucky Luciano
Stephanie St. Clair
Cicely Tyson
Stephanie St. Clair
Illinois Gordon
Chi McBride
Illinois Gordon
Bub Hewlett
Clarence Williams III
Bub Hewlett
Captain Foley
Richard Bradford
Captain Foley
Thomas E. Dewey
William Atherton
Thomas E. Dewey
Pigfoot Mary
Loretta Devine
Pigfoot Mary
Sulie
Queen Latifah
Sulie
Albert Salke
Mike Starr
Albert Salke
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