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The Cotton Club (1984) - film review

  Francis Ford Coppola Crime / Drama / Musicstars 3
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The Cotton Club is an American crime film first released in 1984, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.  The film stars Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee and Bob Hoskins.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits
  • Director: Francis Ford Coppola
  • Script: William Kennedy, Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Jim Haskins
  • Photo: Stephen Goldblatt
  • Music: John Barry
  • Cast: 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 Jerosa (James Cagney), Rosalind Harris (Fanny Brice), Steve Cafiso (Child in Street), John Cafiso (Child in Street), Sofia Coppola (Child in Street), 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), 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), Howard ’Sandman’ Sims (Hoofer), Jimmy Slyde (Hoofer), 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), Sheri Cowart (Dancer), Karen DiBianco (Dancer), Cisco Drayton (Dancer), Ann Duquesnay (Dancer), Carla Earle (Dancer), Wendy Edmead (Dancer), Debbie Fitts (Dancer), Ruddy L. Garner (Dancer), Ruthanna Graves (Dancer), Terri Griffin (Dancer), Robin Harmon (Dancer), Jackee Harree (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), Alice Anne Oates (Dancer), 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, Bella Jarrett, George Coutoupis (Gangster), Kimberly Dorsey (Joan Blondell), Nicholas J. Giangiulio (Screen Test Thug), Jackée Harry (Dancer), 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)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 127 min
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