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With Forest Whitaker, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy. A gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.
Apr 5, 2023 · With the Epix/MGM+ hit show, Godfather of Harlem, Forest Whitaker gave us a masterful performance as Bumpy, which made us think – what were the best portrayals of Bumpy Johnson throughout history? We’re bringing you a list of the eight best movies about Bumpy Johnson of all time, ranked based on their IMDb score. 8. Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)
Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin. An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Godfather of Harlem tells the fictionalised story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, "who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control.
Plot. In 1934, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson ( Laurence Fishburne) is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz ( Tim Roth) asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game.
Aug 27, 1997 · The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. Negotiations proposed by white syndicate boss Lucky Luciano never get under way, blood flows and Johnson gets jailed.
In 1968, Frank Lucas is the right-hand man of Harlem mob boss Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson. When Johnson dies of a heart attack, Frank enters the heroin trade, buying directly from producers in Thailand and smuggling it into the U.S. through returning Vietnam War servicemen.
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