This week’s retro trailer features the 1997 crime drama Hoodlum, directed by Bill Duke and starring Laurence Fishburne as gangster Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, who battles rivals Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano for control of Harlem’s numbers racket in the 1930s. With powerful performances and rich period detail, the film explores themes of loyalty and survival in a corrupt world.
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