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In 1934, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game.Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who pays bribes to special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey to protect his business.
In the 1984 film The Cotton Club, Laurence Fishburne plays a character based on Bumpy Johnson, "Bumpy Rhodes". [18] [14] In the 1997 film Hoodlum, Johnson is again portrayed by Fishburne. [18] [14] In the 1999 film Life, musician Rick James plays a Harlem gangster, "Spanky Johnson", who was loosely inspired by Bumpy Johnson.
Credited as Larry Fishburne Television film 1981 Trapper John, M.D. Hobie Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "Finders Keepers" 1982 M*A*S*H: Corporal Dorsey Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "The Tooth Shall Set You Free" Strike Force: F.T. Credited as Larry Fishburne Episode: "Humiliation" I Take These Men: Hank Johnson Credited as Larry ...
Laurence John Fishburne III [1] (born July 30, 1961; usually credited as Larry Fishburne until 1993) is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy Award and Tony Award winner known for his roles on stage and screen. He has been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. [2]
Montana Fishburne and her dad Laurence Fishburne have had a tumultuous relationship over the years.. When Montana, now 32, turned 18, she pursued a career in the adult entertainment industry ...
The film stars Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee, with Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Gwen Verdon, Fred Gwynne and Laurence Fishburne in supporting roles. The film was noted for going over budget on its production costs and taking a total of five years to complete.
Production, sales and distribution banner Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Irish rights to “Slingshot,” the upcoming psychological sci-fi thriller starring Laurence Fishburne and ...
In US cinema, Blaxploitation is the film subgenre of action movie derived from the exploitation film genre in the early 1970s, consequent to the combined cultural momentum of the Black civil rights movement, the black power movement, and the Black Panther Party, political and sociological circumstances that facilitated Black artists reclaiming their power of the Representation of the Black ...