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The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

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

1984•2h 10m•6.5/10
CrimeDrama

Ratings

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6.5/10(431)

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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Production

Totally Independent, PSO, American Zoetrope, Robert Evans Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Irving Stark

Ron Karabatsos

Ron Karabatsos

Mike Best

Glenn Withrow

Glenn Withrow

Ed Popke

Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Grey

Patsy Dwyer

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