The Cotton Club
Francis Ford Coppola1984-12-14
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
129 min
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Richard Gere | Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer | The Free Refills |
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Gregory Hines | Delbert 'Sandman' Williams | Unowned |
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Diane Lane | Vera Cicero | Goutbreak |
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Lonette McKee | Lila Rose Oliver | Unowned |
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Bob Hoskins | Owney Madden | Unowned |
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James Remar | Dutch Schultz | Unowned |
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Nicolas Cage | Vincent Dwyer | Goutbreak |
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Allen Garfield | Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman | Unowned |
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Fred Gwynne | Frenchy Demange | Unowned |
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Gwen Verdon | Tish Dwyer | Unowned |
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Lisa Jane Persky | Frances Flegenheimer | Unowned |
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Maurice Hines | Clay Williams | Unowned |
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Julian Beck | Sol Weinstein | Unowned |
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Novella Nelson | Madame St. Clair | Unowned |
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Laurence Fishburne | Bumpy Rhodes | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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John P. Ryan | Joe Flynn | Unowned |
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Tom Waits | Irving Stark | Unowned |
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Ron Karabatsos | Mike Best | Unowned |
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Glenn Withrow | Ed Popke | Unowned |
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Jennifer Grey | Patsy Dwyer | Unowned |
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Wynonna Smith | Winnie Williams | Unowned |
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Thelma Carpenter | Norma Williams | Unowned |
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Charles 'Honi' Coles | Suger Coates | Unowned |
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Larry Marshall | Cab Calloway | Unowned |
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Joe Dallesandro | Charles 'Lucky' Luciano | Unowned |
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Diane Venora | Gloria Swanson | Unowned |
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Tucker Smallwood | Kid Griffin | Unowned |
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Marc Coppola | Ted Husing | Unowned |
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Robert Earl Jones | Stage Door Joe | Unowned |
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Sofia Coppola | Child in Street | Unowned |
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Tracey Ross | Dancer | Unowned |
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Mario Van Peebles | Dancer | Unowned |
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Ed O'Ross | Monk | Unowned |
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Frederick Downs Jr. | Sullen Man | Unowned |
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Woody Strode | Holmes | Unowned |
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Bill Graham | J.W. | Unowned |
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Dayton Allen | Solly | Unowned |
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Kim Chan | Ling | Unowned |
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Ed Rowan | Messiah | Unowned |
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Leonard Termo | Danny | Unowned |
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Brian Tarantina | Vince Hood | Unowned |
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Bruce MacVittie | Vince Hood | Unowned |
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James Russo | Vince Hood | Unowned |
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Giancarlo Esposito | Bumpy Hood | Zac E. Chan |
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Rony Clanton | Caspar Holstein | Unowned |
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Damien Leake | Bub Jewett | Unowned |
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Bill Cobbs | Big Joe Ison | Unowned |
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Joe Lynn | Marcial Flores | Unowned |
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Oscar Barnes | Spanish Henry | Unowned |
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Ed Zang | Hotel Clerk | Unowned |
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Sandra Beall | Myrtle Fay | Unowned |
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Zane Mark | Duke Ellington | Unowned |
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Paul Herman | Policeman #1 | Unowned |
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Randle Mell | Policeman #2 | Unowned |
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Gregory Rozakis | Charlie Chaplin | Unowned |
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Vincent Jerman-Jerosa | James Cagney | Unowned |
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Rosalind Harris | Fanny Brice | Unowned |
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Jackée Harry | Dancer | Unowned |
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Sonya Hensley | Dancer | Unowned |
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Valarie Pettiford | Dancer | Unowned |
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Kimberly Dorsey | Joan Blondell (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Anton Evangelista | Ownie Hood (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Nicholas J. Giangiulio | Screen Test Thug (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Suzanne Kaaren | The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robin Karfo | Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mark Margolis | Charlie Workman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Naylon Mitchell | Busboy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ray Negron | Waiter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kirk Taylor | Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Rick Washburn | Hitman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Linda Gillen | voice (uncredited) | Unowned |