Storyline
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Released
14 December 1984
Runtime
2h 9min
Director
Budget
$58,000,000
Revenue
$25,928,721
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Totally Independent, PSO, American Zoetrope, Robert Evans Company
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)
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