Hoodlum

Crime, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Bill Duke

Status Released

Release Date 1997-08-27

Storyline

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.

"Power is measured in enemies."