The Cotton Club (1984)
6.5|14 Dec, 1984|129 min
It was the jazz age. It was an era of elegance and violence. The action was gambling. The stakes were life and death.
6.5|14 Dec, 1984|129 min
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Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Language
Budget$58,000,000
Revenue $25,928,721
English,
Italiano
Budget$58,000,000
Revenue $25,928,721
Keywords
jazz
gang war
nightclub
jazz singer or musician
musical
jazz club
mafia
song and dance
mob boss
harlem, new york city
trumpet player
1920s
1930s
mob
hot jazz
race relations
prohibition
tap dancer
Casts
Richard Gere
Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
Gregory Hines
Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
Diane Lane
Vera Cicero
Lonette McKee
Lila Rose Oliver
Bob Hoskins
Owney Madden
James Remar
Dutch Schultz
Nicolas Cage
Vincent Dwyer
Allen Garfield
Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman
Fred Gwynne
Frenchy Demange
Gwen Verdon
Tish Dwyer
Lisa Jane Persky
Frances Flegenheimer
Maurice Hines
Clay Williams
Julian Beck
Sol Weinstein
Novella Nelson
Madame St. Clair
Laurence Fishburne
Bumpy Rhodes
John P. Ryan
Joe Flynn
Tom Waits
Irving Stark
Ron Karabatsos
Mike Best
Glenn Withrow
Ed Popke
Jennifer Grey
Patsy Dwyer
Wynonna Smith
Winnie Williams
Thelma Carpenter
Norma Williams
Charles "Honi" Coles
Suger Coates
Larry Marshall
Cab Calloway
Joe Dallesandro
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Diane Venora
Gloria Swanson
Tucker Smallwood
Kid Griffin
Marc Coppola
Ted Husing
Robert Earl Jones
Stage Door Joe
Sofia Coppola
Child in Street
Tracey Ross
Dancer
Mario Van Peebles
Dancer
Ed O'Ross
Monk
Frederick Downs Jr.
Sullen Man
Woody Strode
Holmes
Bill Graham
J.W.
Dayton Allen
Solly
Kim Chan
Ling
Ed Rowan
Messiah
Leonard Termo
Danny
Brian Tarantina
Vince Hood
Bruce MacVittie
Vince Hood
James Russo
Vince Hood
Giancarlo Esposito
Bumpy Hood
Rony Clanton
Caspar Holstein
Damien Leake
Bub Jewett
Bill Cobbs
Big Joe Ison
Joe Lynn
Marcial Flores
Oscar Barnes
Spanish Henry
Ed Zang
Hotel Clerk
Sandra Beall
Myrtle Fay
Zane Mark
Duke Ellington
Paul Herman
Policeman #1
Randle Mell
Policeman #2
Gregory Rozakis
Charlie Chaplin
Vincent Jerman-Jerosa
James Cagney
Rosalind Harris
Fanny Brice
Jackée Harry
Dancer
Sonya Hensley
Dancer
Valarie Pettiford
Dancer
Kimberly Dorsey
Joan Blondell (uncredited)
Anton Evangelista
Ownie Hood (uncredited)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Screen Test Thug (uncredited)
Suzanne Kaaren
The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)
Robin Karfo
Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited)
Mark Margolis
Charlie Workman (uncredited)
Naylon Mitchell
Busboy (uncredited)
Ray Negron
Waiter (uncredited)
Kirk Taylor
Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)
Rick Washburn
Hitman (uncredited)
Linda Gillen
voice (uncredited)
Rima Vetter
Dancer
Crews
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
William Kennedy
Screenplay
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay
Robert Evans
Producer
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
Robert Q. Lovett
Editor
Lois Planco
Casting
Gretchen Rennell
Casting
Richard Sylbert
Production Design
Gregory Bolton
Art Direction
Leslie Bloom
Set Decoration
George Gaines
Set Decoration
Milena Canonero
Costume Design
John Barry
Original Music Composer
David Chapman
Art Direction
Barry Malkin
Editor
Michael Haley
Other
David Carroll
Sound
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Norman Hollyn
Music Editor
David Golden
Unit Production Manager
Christopher Cronyn
Unit Production Manager
Margaret B. Hunnewell
Unit Production Manager
Robert V. Girolami
First Assistant Director
Henry J. Bronchtein
Second Assistant Director
Louis D'Esposito
Second Assistant Director
Kerry Orent
Post Production Supervisor
Donald Sweeney
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jimmy Raitt
Property Master
Michael Stone
Camera Operator
David Wagreich
First Assistant Camera
Lynn Lewis Lovett
Continuity
Lyndell Quiyou
Key Hair Stylist
Craig Lyman
Key Makeup Artist
Nathan Boxer
Boom Operator
Jack C. Jacobsen
Sound Mixer
Adger W. Cowans
Still Photographer
Edward Swanson
Carpenter
Victor Magnotta
Stunt Coordinator
William Kennedy
Story
Francis Ford Coppola
Story
Mario Puzo
Story
Jim Haskins
Author
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