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Hoodlum

Power is measured in enemies.

Rating 6.5 / 10Release August 27, 1997Runtime 130 min

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.

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