The Cotton Club

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

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Crime Drama

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))