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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This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Bill Duke
— MovieFinder Editorial
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Johnson
Tim Roth
Dutch Schultz
Vanessa Williams
Francine Hughes
Andy Garcia
Lucky Luciano
Cicely Tyson
Stephanie St. Clair
Chi McBride
Illinois Gordon
Clarence Williams III
Bub Hewlett
Richard Bradford
Captain Foley
William Atherton
Thomas E. Dewey
Loretta Devine
Pigfoot Mary
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