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The Cotton Club

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Musical drama set in 1928 that pays a visually striking tribute to the Prohibition era.

Jazz musician Dixie Dwyer saves a gangster's life and gets sucked into the mobster's world of bootleg liquor, racketeering and escalating violence, centred round the eponymous Harlem nightclub. Show less

Contributors

Dixie Dwyer:
Richard Gere
Sandman Williams:
Gregory Hines
Vera Cicero:
Diane Lane
Owney Madden:
Bob Hoskins
Dutch Schultz:
James Remar
Vincent Dwyer:
Nicolas Cage
Frenchy Demange:
Fred Gwynne
Tish Dwyer:
Gwen Verdon
Frances Flegenheimer:
Lisa Jane Persky
Gloria Swanson:
Diane Venora
Big Joe Ison:
Bill Cobbs
Fanny Brice:
Rosalind Harris
Composer:
John Barry

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