The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
261 audience votes
Key crew
- Bill DukeDirector
- Chris BrancatoScreenplay
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence FishburneBumpy Johnson
- Tim RothDutch Schultz
- Vanessa WilliamsFrancine Hughes
- Andy GarciaLucky Luciano
- Cicely TysonStephanie St. Clair
- Chi McBrideIllinois Gordon
- Clarence Williams IIIBub Hewlett
- Richard BradfordCaptain Foley
- William AthertonThomas E. Dewey
- Loretta DevinePigfoot Mary
- Queen LatifahSulie
- Mike StarrAlbert Salke
