The Cotton Club (1984)
"It was the jazz age. It was an era of elegance and violence. The action was gambling. The stakes were life and death."
- Overview
- Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Release Date
- 1984/12/14
- Runtime
- 127 min
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- Production Companies
- Totally Independent, PSO, American Zoetrope, Robert Evans Company
- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Budget
- $ 58,000,000
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Movie Details
Cast
- 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))
Crew
- Francis Ford Coppola (Director, Screenplay, Story)
- William Kennedy (Screenplay, Story)
- 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)
- 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)
- Jim Haskins (Writer)
- Mario Puzo (Story)
- Michael Haley (Other)