- HD 1080
- Runtime: 130m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Bill Duke
- Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy García, Cicely Tyson
- keywords: gangster, mobster, 1930s
- Production_studio: United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: Power is measured in enemies.
- The Hoodlum is featured in the top rankings of 1997
- #37 in Top Crime Movies of 1997
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.
