Lucky Luciano And Bumpy Johnson
In 1929, Johnson hosted a meeting of prominent Mob figures, including Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky and the participants in Chicago’s beer wars, Al Capone and Bugs Moran. By the 1930s, newspapers and law-and-order reformers started paying close attention to Atlantic City and to Johnson.
Discography / Soundtracks → VA - Boogie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Bumpy also gave a very large sum of money to Dewey to have him look the other way to all the violence that was occurring. So in the end, Lucky Luciano was duped into being a mere pawn in Bumpy Johnson's plan. Though in real life it was widely rumoured that Dutch was killed because of.
- Ellsworth Raymond 'Bumpy' Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American drug trafficker in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina on October 31, 1905, to Margaret Moultrie and William Johnson. When he was 10, his older brother Willie was accused of killing a white man.
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Lucky Luciano And Bumpy Johnson Biography
Audio / Discography → Def Jam Recordings: Compilations & OSTs
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Bumpy Johnson And Lucky Luciano
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| Hoodlum | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bill Duke |
| Produced by | Frank Mancuso, Jr. |
| Written by | Chris Brancato |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Frank Tidy |
| Edited by | Harry Keramidas |
| Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co. |
| August 27, 1997 | |
Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[1] |
| Box office | $23,461,013 (USA) |
Hoodlum is a 1997 American crimedrama film that gives a fictionalized account of the gang war between the Italian/Jewish mafia alliance and the black gangsters of Harlem that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The film concentrates on Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson (Laurence Fishburne), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth), and Lucky Luciano (Andy García).[2]
Plot[edit]
In 1934, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game. Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano (Andy Garcia), who pays bribes to special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey (William Atherton) to protect his business.
Reuniting with his cousin 'Illinois' Gordon (Chi McBride), Bumpy returns to the employ of Harlem crime boss Madame Queen (Cicely Tyson), whose business is threatened by Schultz. Bumpy is introduced to Francine (Vanessa Williams), a friend of Illinois’ girlfriend Mary (Loretta Devine). Schultz’s meeting with the Queen ends in a standoff when he presents her with a rival’s testicles. Walking Francine home from a club, Bumpy charms her with his poetry.
Madame Queen is attacked by Schultz’s men, led by black enforcer Bub Hewlett (Clarence Williams III), but Bumpy and fellow mobster Whispers (Paul Benjamin) repel the assassins and rescue her. At a meeting of the Commission, Schultz states his determination to take over Harlem. After robbing Schultz’s operation with Illinois, Bumpy is chastised by Madame Queen for making his own decisions. Schultz then hires two hitmen, the Salke brothers, to kill Bumpy, and has his police contact, NYPD Captain Foley (Richard Bradford), arrange for Madame Queen to be arrested. At a party, a 17-year-old named Tyrone asks Bumpy for a job, and Francine struggles to reconcile her feelings for Bumpy with his criminal ways.
The Salkes break into Bumpy’s home, killing his guards, but Bumpy ambushes them and kills one while the other is shot dead by a terrified Francine. Illinois is beaten and robbed by Foley and his officers, while Madame Queen is arrested for illegal gambling. Taking over her operation, Bumpy enlists Tyrone as a runner, and ignores the Queen’s orders to avoid violence. By May 1935, he is locked in an all-out war with Schultz. His wealth and power grow, as does the body count, including Tyrone. Bumpy’s attempt to comfort Tyrone’s mother at his funeral is rejected.
At an ice cream parlor with Francine, Bumpy realizes his banana split has been poisoned. When the shop owner reveals that Bumpy’s associate Vallie ordered him to hire the new teenage employee responsible, Bumpy forces the boy to eat the poisoned ice cream despite his attempts to apologize. Whispers then kills Vallie with a razor. Bumpy confronts Schultz at the Cotton Club with Vallie’s severed finger, demanding he cease his Harlem operations; Schultz refuses.
Disguised as truck drivers, Bumpy and Illinois deliver a bomb to one of Schultz’s illicit breweries, narrowly escaping before the warehouse explodes. Illinois returns home to find Schultz had Mary killed in retaliation. Threatened by Dewey to end the bloodshed in Harlem, Luciano invites Bumpy and Schultz to a meeting, against both their wills.
Visiting Madame Queen in prison, Bumpy is rebuked for inciting a gang war. Finding she can no longer accept who he is, Francine leaves him, and Illinois drunkenly confronts him over the innocent lives lost. Illinois is abducted and tortured by Foley, to Hewlett’s disgust, but refuses to betray his cousin. At Luciano’s meeting, Bumpy and Schultz refuse to settle their dispute. After finding Illinois’ corpse left as a message, Bumpy slits Foley’s throat while he's with a black prostitute, but spares Hewlett’s life and offers him a partnership.
Bumpy accepts an alliance with Luciano, and Luciano’s driver – on Bumpy’s orders – informs Schultz that Bumpy will be meeting with Luciano’s accountant. Schultz and his men burst in but find only the accountant, who Schultz kills. At a restaurant, Schultz’s long-suffering henchman Lulu (Ed O'Ross) shoots him in the bathroom, and Schultz calmly returns to his table before dying. Meeting Luciano outside for payment, Lulu is shot dead. With Dutch eliminated and the gang war settled, Dewey – having received an enormous bribe from Bumpy, delivered by Hewlett – warns Luciano to stay away from Harlem. Hewlett and Bumpy part ways, and Bumpy arrives at Illinois’ funeral. After exchanging looks with Francine and Madame Queen, Bumpy walks out into the rain alone.
Cast[edit]
- Laurence Fishburne as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
- Tim Roth as Dutch Schultz
- Vanessa Williams as Francine Hughes
- Andy García as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
- Cicely Tyson as Stephanie St. Clair/Madam Queen
- Chi McBride as Illinois Gordon
- Clarence Williams III as Bub Hewlett
- Richard Bradford as Captain Foley
- William Atherton as Thomas E. Dewey
- Loretta Devine as Pigfoot Mary
- Queen Latifah as Sulie
- Ed O'Ross as Lulu Rosenkrantz
- Eddie Bo Smith Jr. as Tee-Ninchy
- Mike Starr as Albert Salke
- Beau Starr as Jules Salke
- Paul Benjamin as Whispers
- Tony Rich as Duke Ellington
Soundtrack[edit]
A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on August 12, 1997 by Interscope Records. It peaked at #94 on the Billboard 200 and #23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Reception[edit]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 43% based on 21 reviews.[3] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.[4]
Critic Roger Ebert noted that 'the film is being marketed as a violent action picture, and in a sense, it is' and that director Bill Duke having made 'a historical drama as much as a thriller, and his characters reflect a time when Harlem seemed poised on the brink of better things, and the despair of the postwar years was not easily seen on its prosperous streets.'[5]
See also[edit]
- Godfather of Harlem: a 2019 Epix television series, starring Forest Whitaker as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson.
References[edit]
Lucky Luciano And Bumpy Johnson Wife
- ^https://variety.com/1997/film/news/mgm-at-a-prelim-1117433216/
- ^Hoodlum at IMDb
- ^http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1078030-hoodlum/
- ^'Cinemascore'. CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^Roger Ebert (August 27, 1997). 'Hoodlum'. Chicago Sun-Times.
External links[edit]
- Hoodlum at IMDb
- Hoodlum at Box Office Mojo
- Hoodlum at Rotten Tomatoes