Power is measured in enemies.
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.
$30,000,000
$23,461,013
August 27, 1997
United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions
98 people
Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Johnson
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Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz
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Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes
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Andy Garcia
Lucky Luciano
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Cicely Tyson
Stephanie St. Clair
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Illinois Gordon
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