Hoodlum (1997) Reviews & Ratings

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Hoodlum reviews

Hoodlum holds a 6.5/10 average from 269 TMDB ratings.

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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