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

1984

2h 10m

6.5(419 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

72 members

Acting

Richard Gere

Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

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Gregory Hines

Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

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Diane Lane

Vera Cicero

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Lonette McKee

Lila Rose Oliver

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Bob Hoskins

Owney Madden

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James Remar

Dutch Schultz

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Nicolas Cage

Vincent Dwyer

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Allen Garfield

Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

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Fred Gwynne

Frenchy Demange

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Gwen Verdon

Tish Dwyer

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Lisa Jane Persky

Frances Flegenheimer

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Maurice Hines

Clay Williams

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Julian Beck

Sol Weinstein

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Novella Nelson

Madame St. Clair

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Laurence Fishburne

Bumpy Rhodes

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John P. Ryan

Joe Flynn

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Tom Waits

Irving Stark

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Ron Karabatsos

Mike Best

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Glenn Withrow

Ed Popke

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Jennifer Grey

Patsy Dwyer

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Wynonna Smith

Winnie Williams

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Thelma Carpenter

Norma Williams

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Charles "Honi" Coles

Suger Coates

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Larry Marshall

Cab Calloway

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Joe Dallesandro

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

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Diane Venora

Gloria Swanson

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Tucker Smallwood

Kid Griffin

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Marc Coppola

Ted Husing

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Robert Earl Jones

Stage Door Joe

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Sofia Coppola

Child in Street

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Tracey Ross

Dancer

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Mario Van Peebles

Dancer

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Ed O'Ross

Monk

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Frederick Downs Jr.

Sullen Man

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Woody Strode

Holmes

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Bill Graham

J.W.

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Dayton Allen

Solly

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Kim Chan

Ling

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Ed Rowan

Messiah

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Leonard Termo

Danny

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Brian Tarantina

Vince Hood

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Bruce MacVittie

Vince Hood

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James Russo

Vince Hood

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Giancarlo Esposito

Bumpy Hood

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Rony Clanton

Caspar Holstein

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Damien Leake

Bub Jewett

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Bill Cobbs

Big Joe Ison

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Joe Lynn

Marcial Flores

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Oscar Barnes

Spanish Henry

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Ed Zang

Hotel Clerk

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Sandra Beall

Myrtle Fay

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Zane Mark

Duke Ellington

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Paul Herman

Policeman #1

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Randle Mell

Policeman #2

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Gregory Rozakis

Charlie Chaplin

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Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

James Cagney

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Rosalind Harris

Fanny Brice

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Jackée Harry

Dancer

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Sonya Hensley

Dancer

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Valarie Pettiford

Dancer

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Kimberly Dorsey

Joan Blondell (uncredited)

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Anton Evangelista

Ownie Hood (uncredited)

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Nicholas J. Giangiulio

Screen Test Thug (uncredited)

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Suzanne Kaaren

The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)

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Robin Karfo

Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited)

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Mark Margolis

Charlie Workman (uncredited)

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Naylon Mitchell

Busboy (uncredited)

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Ray Negron

Waiter (uncredited)

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Kirk Taylor

Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)

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Rick Washburn

Hitman (uncredited)

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Linda Gillen

voice (uncredited)

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Rima Vetter

Dancer

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