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The Cotton Club

Year:

1984

Duration:

127 min | Germany:123 min (video version)

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Music

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1984-12-14

Filming Locations: 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $58,000,000

Opening Weekend: $2,903,603 (USA) (16 December 1984)

Gross: $25,928,721 (USA)AUD 1,287,000 (Australia)

Cast

Actor

Character

Richard Gere

Dixie Dwyer

Gregory Hines

Sandman Williams

Diane Lane

Vera Cicero

Lonette McKee

Lila Rose Oliver

Bob Hoskins

Owney Madden

James Remar

Dutch Schultz

Nicolas Cage

Vincent Dwyer

Allen Garfield

Abbadabba Berman

Fred Gwynne

Frenchy Demange

Gwen Verdon

Tish Dwyer

Lisa Jane Persky

Frances Flegenheimer

Maurice Hines

Clay Williams

Julian Beck

Sol Weinstein

Novella Nelson

Madame St. Clair

Laurence Fishburne

Bumpy Rhodes

John P. Ryan

Joe Flynn

Tom Waits

Irving Stark

Ron Karabatsos

Mike Best

Glenn Withrow

Ed Popke

Jennifer Grey

Patsy Dwyer

Wynonna Smith

Winnie Williams

Thelma Carpenter

Norma Williams

Charles 'Honi' Coles

Suger Coates

Larry Marshall

Cab Calloway

Joe Dallesandro

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Ed O'Ross

Monk

Frederick Downs Jr.

Sullen Man

Diane Venora

Gloria Swanson

Tucker Smallwood

Kid Griffin

Woody Strode

Holmes

Bill Graham

J.W.

Dayton Allen

Solly

Kim Chan

Ling

Ed Rowan

Messiah

Leonard Termo

Danny

George Cantero

Vince Hood

Brian Tarantina

Vince Hood

Bruce MacVittie

Vince Hood

James Russo

Vince Hood

Giancarlo Esposito

Bumpy Hood

Bruce Hubbard

Bumpy Hood

Rony Clanton

Caspar Holstein

Damien Leake

Bub Jewett

Bill Cobbs

Big Joe Ison

Joe Lynn

Marcial Flores

Oscar Barnes

Spanish Henry

Ed Zang

Hotel Clerk

Sandra Beall

Myrtle Fay

Zane Mark

Duke Ellington

Tom Signorelli

Butch Murdock

Paul Herman

Policeman #1

Randle Mell

Policeman #2

Steve Vignari

Trigger Mike Coppola

Susan Mechsner

Gypsie

Gregory Rozakis

Charlie Chaplin

Marc Coppola

Ted Husing

Norma Jean Darden

Elda Webb

Robert Earl Jones

Stage Door Joe

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

James Cagney

Rosalind Harris

Fanny Brice

Steve Cafiso

Child in Street

John Cafiso

Child in Street

Sofia Coppola

Child in Street (as Domino)

Ninon Digiorgio

Child in Street

Daria Hines

Child in Street

Patricia LeTang

Child in Street

Christopher Lewis

Child in Street

Danielle Osborne

Child in Street

Jason Papalardo

Child in Street

Demetrius Pena

Child in Street

Priscilla Baskerville

'Creole Love Call' sung by

Ethel Beatty

Bandana Babies Lead Vocal / Dancer

Sydney Goldsmith

Barbecue Bess sung by

James 'Buster' Brown

Hoofer

Ralph Brown

Hoofer

Harold Cromer

Hoofer

Bubba Gaines

Hoofer

George Hillman

Hoofer

Henry Phace Roberts

Hoofer (as Henry 'Phace' Roberts)

Howard 'Sandman' Sims

Hoofer

Jimmy Slyde

Hoofer (as Jimmy Slide)

Henry LeTang

Hoofer

Charles Young

Hoofer

Skip Cunningham

Tip, Tap & Toe

Luther Fontaine

Tip, Tap & Toe

Jan Mickens

Tip, Tap & Toe

Lydia Abarca

Dancer

Sarita Allen

Dancer

Tracey Bass

Dancer

Jacquelyn Bird

Dancer

Shirley Black-Brown

Dancer

Jhoe Breedlove

Dancer

Leslie Caldwell

Dancer

Melanie Caldwell

Dancer

Benny Clorey

Dancer (as Benny Clory)

Sheri Cowart

Dancer (as Sherri Cowart)

Karen DiBianco

Dancer

Cisco Drayton

Dancer

Ann Duquesnay

Dancer

Carla Earle

Dancer

Wendy Edmead

Dancer

Debbie Fitts

Dancer

Ruddy L. Garner

Dancer (as Ruddy Garner)

Ruthanna Graves

Dancer

Terri Griffin

Dancer

Robin Harmon

Dancer

Jackée Harry

Dancer

Sonya Hensley

Dancer

Dave Jackson

Dancer

Gail Kendricks

Dancer

Christina Kumi Kimball

Dancer

Mary Beth Kurdock

Dancer

Alde Lewis

Dancer

Paula Lynn

Dancer

Bernard Manners

Dancer

Bernard Marsh

Dancer

David McHarris

Dancer

Delores McHarris

Dancer

Vody Najac

Dancer

Vya Negromonte

Dancer (as Viewma Negromonte)

Alice Anne Oates

Dancer (as Alice Anne Oakes)

Anne Palmer

Dancer

Julie Pars

Dancer

Antonia Pettiford

Dancer

Valarie Pettiford

Dancer

Janet Powell

Dancer

Renee Rodriguez

Dancer

Tracey Ross

Dancer

Kiki Shepard

Dancer

Gary Thomas

Dancer

Mario Van Peebles

Dancer

Rima Vetter

Dancer

Karen Wadkins

Dancer

Ivery Wheeler

Dancer

Donald Williams

Dancer

Alexis Wilson

Dancer

Linda Gillen

(voice)

Bella Jarrett

George Coutoupis

Gangster (uncredited)

Scott Crawford

Gangster (uncredited)

Kimberly Dorsey

Joan Blondell

Nicholas J. Giangiulio

Screen Test Thug

Suzanne Kaaren

The Duchess of Park Avenue

Mark Margolis

Charlie Workman

Naylon Mitchell

Busboy

Kirk Taylor

Cotton Club Waiter

Stan Tracy

Legs Diamond's Bodyguard

Rick Washburn

Hitman

Did you know?

Trivia

In this film, Ed O'Ross plays one of Dutch Schultz's bodyguards. In Hoodlum (1997), his character is one of Schultz bodyguards that in the end kills his boss.

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Laurence Fishburne's character, Bumpy Rhodes, was based on real-life Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson. Fishburne played Bumpy Johnson thirteen years later in Hoodlum.

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When Dixie and his family leave the Cotton Club, two small black kids are dancing on the sidewalk for spare change. They are clearly intended to be The Nicholas Brothers, who began dancing at the Cotton Club soon after this. In fact, however, they were already established vaudeville performers in 1928.

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Goofs

When Dixie goes to ransom Frenchy there is a different amount of shaving cream on Mad Dog's face in every shot.

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Quotes

Owney: In the next room, gentlemen, is the finest food, drink and pussy in New York at a price.

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Sandman Williams: Baby, you may be passin' for white, but you ain't invisible.

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Bumpy Rhodes: [violently accosting a racist guard] This uppity nigger is buying you a drink!

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