Hoodlum

Tim's character: Dutch Schultz
Release date: August 27, 1997
Directed by: Bill Duke
Written by: Chris Brancato
Also starring: Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa L. Williams, Andy Garcia

Synopsis

The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. Negotiations proposed by white syndicate boss Lucky Luciano never get under way, blood flows and Johnson gets jailed. When Johnson is paroled, he gets the work of enforcer for mighty Stephanie "The Queen" St. Clair. She is also jailed for racketeering and when she leaves she makes him promise "no violence".

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