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The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club
★ 6.5/10•1984•2h 10m•R•Crime•Drama

Where deals were made, lives were traded and the legends of jazz lit up the night.

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Francis Ford Coppola · Screenplay

Francis Ford Coppola · Director

William Kennedy · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 10m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 14, 1984
Budget$58,000,000
Revenue$25,928,721

Actors

Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Vera Cicero

Lonette McKee

Lonette McKee

Lila Rose Oliver

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Owney Madden

James Remar

James Remar

Dutch Schultz

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Vincent Dwyer

Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

Frenchy Demange

Gwen Verdon

Gwen Verdon

Tish Dwyer

Lisa Jane Persky

Lisa Jane Persky

Frances Flegenheimer

Maurice Hines

Clay Williams

Julian Beck

Julian Beck

Sol Weinstein

Novella Nelson

Novella Nelson

Madame St. Clair

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Bumpy Rhodes

John P. Ryan

John P. Ryan

Joe Flynn

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