The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club (1984)

It was the jazz age. It was an era of elegance and violence. The action was gambling. The stakes were life and death.

  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 1984-12-14
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 398 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 9min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Totally Independent
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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From 398 Ratings

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Summary

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

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  • Richard Gere

    as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

  • Gregory Hines

    as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

  • Diane Lane

    as Vera Cicero

  • Lonette McKee

    as Lila Rose Oliver

  • Bob Hoskins

    as Owney Madden

  • James Remar

    as Dutch Schultz

  • Nicolas Cage

    as Vincent Dwyer

  • Allen Garfield

    as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

  • Fred Gwynne

    as Frenchy Demange

  • Gwen Verdon

    as Tish Dwyer

  • Lisa Jane Persky

    as Frances Flegenheimer

  • Maurice Hines

    as Clay Williams

  • Julian Beck

    as Sol Weinstein

  • Novella Nelson

    as Madame St. Clair

  • Laurence Fishburne

    as Bumpy Rhodes

  • John P. Ryan

    as Joe Flynn

  • Tom Waits

    as Irving Stark

  • Ron Karabatsos

    as Mike Best

  • Glenn Withrow

    as Ed Popke

  • Jennifer Grey

    as Patsy Dwyer

  • Wynonna Smith

    as Winnie Williams

  • Thelma Carpenter

    as Norma Williams

  • Charles 'Honi' Coles

    as Suger Coates

  • Larry Marshall

    as Cab Calloway

  • Joe Dallesandro

    as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

  • Diane Venora

    as Gloria Swanson

  • Tucker Smallwood

    as Kid Griffin

  • Marc Coppola

    as Ted Husing

  • Robert Earl Jones

    as Stage Door Joe

  • Sofia Coppola

    as Child in Street

  • Tracey Ross

    as Dancer

  • Mario Van Peebles

    as Dancer

  • Ed O'Ross

    as Monk

  • Frederick Downs Jr.

    as Sullen Man

  • Woody Strode

    as Holmes

  • Bill Graham

    as J.W.

  • Dayton Allen

    as Solly

  • Kim Chan

    as Ling

  • Ed Rowan

    as Messiah

  • Leonard Termo

    as Danny

  • Brian Tarantina

    as Vince Hood

  • Bruce MacVittie

    as Vince Hood

  • James Russo

    as Vince Hood

  • Giancarlo Esposito

    as Bumpy Hood

  • Rony Clanton

    as Caspar Holstein

  • Damien Leake

    as Bub Jewett

  • Bill Cobbs

    as Big Joe Ison

  • Joe Lynn

    as Marcial Flores

  • Oscar Barnes

    as Spanish Henry

  • Ed Zang

    as Hotel Clerk

  • Sandra Beall

    as Myrtle Fay

  • Zane Mark

    as Duke Ellington

  • Paul Herman

    as Policeman #1

  • Randle Mell

    as Policeman #2

  • Gregory Rozakis

    as Charlie Chaplin

  • Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

    as James Cagney

  • Rosalind Harris

    as Fanny Brice

  • Jackée Harry

    as Dancer

  • Sonya Hensley

    as Dancer

  • Valarie Pettiford

    as Dancer

  • Kimberly Dorsey

    as Joan Blondell (uncredited)

  • Anton Evangelista

    as Ownie Hood (uncredited)

  • Nicholas J. Giangiulio

    as Screen Test Thug (uncredited)

  • Suzanne Kaaren

    as The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)

  • Robin Karfo

    as Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited)

  • Mark Margolis

    as Charlie Workman (uncredited)

  • Naylon Mitchell

    as Busboy (uncredited)

  • Ray Negron

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Kirk Taylor

    as Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)

  • Rick Washburn

    as Hitman (uncredited)

  • Linda Gillen

    as voice (uncredited)
Camera Stephen Goldblatt Director of Photography
Writing Francis Ford Coppola Screenplay
Production Lois Planco Casting
Writing William Kennedy Screenplay
Editing Robert Q. Lovett Editor
Production Robert Evans Producer
Art Leslie Bloom Set Decoration
Sound John Barry Original Music Composer
Editing Barry Malkin Editor
Art David Chapman Art Direction
Directing Francis Ford Coppola Director
Art Gregory Bolton Art Direction
Production Gretchen Rennell Casting
Art Richard Sylbert Production Design
Art George Gaines Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Milena Canonero Costume Design
Crew Michael Haley Other
Sound David Carroll Sound
Production Francis Ford Coppola Producer
Camera David Wagreich First Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up Craig Lyman Key Makeup Artist
Sound Nathan Boxer Boom Operator
Crew Kerry Orent Post Production Supervisor
Production David Golden Unit Production Manager
Production Margaret B. Hunnewell Unit Production Manager
Directing Robert V. Girolami First Assistant Director
Camera Adger W. Cowans Still Photographer
Directing Lynn Lewis Lovett Continuity
Sound Jack C. Jacobsen Sound Mixer
Crew Victor Magnotta Stunt Coordinator
Camera Donald Sweeney Second Unit Director of Photography
Sound Norman Hollyn Music Editor
Crew Edward Swanson Carpenter
Production Christopher Cronyn Unit Production Manager
Art Jimmy Raitt Property Master
Costume & Make-Up Lyndell Quiyou Key Hair Stylist
Directing Henry J. Bronchtein Second Assistant Director
Directing Louis D'Esposito Second Assistant Director
Camera Michael Stone Camera Operator
Writing Francis Ford Coppola Story
Writing William Kennedy Story
Writing Mario Puzo Story
Writing Jim Haskins Author

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