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The Cotton Club

on BBC Two England

Francis Coppola's vivid evocation of Prohibition America, set in Harlem's dazzling nightclub, is this week's Mobsters film.
Starring Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Bob Hoskins
In 1928, jazz musician Dixie Dwyer saves the life of Dutch Schultz and suddenly becomes part of the mobster's world of bootleg liquor, racketeering and escalating violence.
Featuring Nicolas Cage (who came to prominence in Moonstruck and more recently Wild at Heart) and veteran actor Fred Gwynne who played Herman in the classic American comedy series, The Munsters.
The jazz score includes show-stopping numbers such as Minnie the Moocher, Cotton Club Stomp, Mood Indigo and Creole Love Call.
(Teletext subtitles: pages 888)Â

Films: pages 37-42

Contributors

Director:
Francis Coppola
Dixie Dwyer:
Richard Gere
Sandman Williams:
Gregory Hines
Owney Madden:
Bob Hoskins
Vera Cicero:
Diane Lane
Lila Rose Oliver:
Lonette McKee
Dutch Schultz:
James Remar
Vincent Dwyer:
Nicolas Cage
Abbadabba Berman:
Allen Garfield
Frenchy Demange:
Fred Gwynne
Tish Dwyer:
Gwen Verdon
Frances Flegenheimer:
Lisa Jane Persky
Clay Williams:
Maurice Hines
Sol Weinstein:
Julian Beck
Madame StClair:
Novella Nelson
Bumpy Rhodes:
Larry Fishburne
Joe Flynn:
John Ryan
Irving Stark:
Tom Waits
Mike Best:
Ron Karabatsos
Ed Popke:
Glen Witherow
Patsy Dwyer:
Jennifer Grey
Winnie Williams:
Wynonna Smith
Norma Williams:
Thelma Carpenter
Charles Honi Coles:
Sugar Coates
Cab Calloway:
Larry Marshall
Charles Lucky Luciano:
Joe Dallesandro
Gloria Swanson:
Diane Venora
Kid Griffin:
Tucker Smallwood
Holmes:
Woody Strode
Duke Ellington:
Zane Mark
Charlie Chaplin:
Gregory Rozakis
James Cagney:
Vincent Jerosa

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