Handlung
Der Film spielt in den späten zwanziger und frühen dreißiger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts und erzählt über den Bandenkrieg zwischen der New Yorker Mafia um Lucky Luciano und Dutch Schultz auf der einen und den Gangstern um Stephanie St. Clair und Bumpy Johnson aus Harlem auf der anderen Seite. Dabei werden auch fiktive Ereignisse gezeigt. Der Kleinganove Bumpy Johnson wird aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Er steigt in Stephanie St. Clairs Gang, die als Madame St. Clair das Glücksspiel in Harlem kontrolliert, in der Hierarchie schnell auf und wird bald zu ihrer rechten Hand.
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Besetzung
Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Johnson
Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz
Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes
Andy Garcia
Lucky Luciano
Cicely Tyson
Stephanie St. Clair
Chi McBride
Illinois Gordon
Clarence Williams III
Bub Hewlett
Richard Bradford
Captain Foley
William Atherton
Thomas E. Dewey
Loretta Devine
Pigfoot Mary
Queen Latifah
Sulie
Mike Starr
Albert Salke
Beau Starr
Jules Salke
Paul Benjamin
Whispers
Joe Guzaldo
Bo Weinberg
Ed O'Ross
Lulu Rosenkrantz
J.W. Smith
Calvin
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Tee-Ninchy
John Toles-Bey
Vallie
David Darlow
Johnny 'Figures' DiPalmero
Steve Pickering
Lucky's Henchman
Ellis Foster
Undertaker
Bill Henderson
Mr. Redmond
Juan Ramírez
Enrique 'Henry' Miro
Tony Fitzpatrick
Dutch's Driver
Robert Cornelius
Hobo
Tab Baker
Willie Brunder
Joe Van Slyke
Warden
Daniel Bryant
Hep-Cat Man
Don James
Piano Man
Sulanya 'Sue' Conway
Miss Philmore
Paul Eckstein
Dutch's Thug
Christian Payton
Jimmy
Jackie Taylor
Mrs. Andrews
Dick Gjonola
Owney Madden
David Nisbet
Man in Cotton Club
Nancy Nickel
Woman in Cotton Club
Ted Love
Runner
Kenya Cagle
Runner
Jim Saltouros
Lieutenant
Marc Vann
Dutch's Liquor Henchman
Cheridah Best
Prostitute
Colin Bradley Sylvester
Chee Chee
Iris Lieberman
Female Prison Guard
Leonard Roberts
Tyrone
John M. Watson Sr.
Manager of Pool Hall
Lisa C. Boltauzer
Dancer
Michael McCary
Osgood
Erik Kilpatrick
Security Guard
Demetrice O'Neal
Singer
Tony Powell
Rent Party Singer
Kevyn Morrow
Waldo / Church Conductor
Louis Price
Church Singer
Vernon Oliver Price
Church Singer
Laurnea Wilkerson
Cotton Club Singer
Tony Rich
Duke Ellington
Kim Adams
Show Girl
David A. Jansen
Doorman
Fred Nelson
Sideline Musician
Robert Keating
Luciano's Mob Boss
Charles Koysta
Luciano's Mob Boss
Joe Testa
Luciano's Mob Boss
Rocky McCord
Luciano's Mob Boss
Sheridan Bailey
Bamville Club Dancer
Tiffani Glass
Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer
Kirby Reed
Bamville Club Dancer
Elaine McLaurin
Bamville Club Dancer
Lazette Rayford O'Brien
Bamville Club Dancer
J. Michael Jones
Bamville Club Dancer / Rent Party Dancer
Vanessa Truvillion
Bamville Club Dancer
Le Von Campbell
Bamville Club Dancer
Ron Wilson
Bamville Club Dancer
Carrie
Bamville Club Dancer
Monique S. Young Johnson
Bamville Club Dancer
Will Gill Jr.
Bamville Club Dancer
Elena Anderson
Bamville Club Dancer
James Lacey
Bamville Club Dancer
J. Todd
Bamville Club Dancer
Sharon Kimbrough
Bamville Club Dancer
Darryl Kent Clark
Bamville Club Dancer
Albert Adams
Bamville Club Dancer
Sandra Hodge-Hampton
Rent Party Dancer
Delphine T. Mantz
Rent Party Dancer
Darryl Manuel
Rent Party Dancer
Barbara Koval
Cotton Club Dancer
Chekesha Van Putten
Cotton Club Dancer
Matagi Booker
Cotton Club Dancer
Sharon Ferrol-Young
Cotton Club Dancer
Tammi Cave
Cotton Club Dancer
Magda Rivera
Cotton Club Dancer
Ashley Cie Thompson
Cotton Club Dancer
Donna M. Perkins
Cotton Club Dancer
Daryl Richardson
Cotton Club Dancer
Andy-John
Driver (uncredited)
Joe Caballero
Hector (uncredited)
Thomas F. Evans
Hotel Resident (uncredited)
Isley Nicole Melton
Party Girl (uncredited)
Dominic Paolo Testa
Prostitute Patron (uncredited)
