"Hoodlum", a movie about the "Numbers Game".

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LANTERN — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:41:53 GMT

Hi!

It was about money and power and it was too violent, I didn't like it.

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Coin Toss — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:14:59 GMT

I saw it live . Not the 1930s, but I grew up in North Jersey, across from Staten Island.

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LottoChica23 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:52 GMT

I didn't see it but...

Hoodlum(1997) R

In1930 New York, black gangs battle the Italian mob for control of theHarlem numbers racket in this gangland epic based on actual events. Laurence Fishburne portrays Harlem boss Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson (the same character he played in The Cotton Club 13 years earlier); Tim Roth is Dutch Schultz; and Andy Garcia is Lucky Luciano. Although set in New York, Hoodlum was filmed inChicago because its buildings resemble those from 1930s Harlem.

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Coin Toss — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:14:55 GMT

How was it, LANTERN

"Hoodlum", a movie about the "Numbers Game".

LANTERN — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:31:42 GMT

On Harlem, New York,

Right now on the Tx CW digital TV station.