The Cotton Club (1984)

12/14/1984 2h 9m

It was the jazz age. It was an era of elegance and violence. The action was gambling. The stakes were life and death.

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Overview

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

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Cast Ages at Release

Richard Gere

as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Born 08/31/1949, age

Gregory Hines

as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

Born 02/14/1946

Died 08/09/2003, age

Diane Lane

as Vera Cicero

Born 01/22/1965, age

Lonette McKee

as Lila Rose Oliver

Born 07/22/1954, age

Bob Hoskins

as Owney Madden

Born 10/26/1942

Died 04/29/2014, age

James Remar

as Dutch Schultz

Born 12/31/1953, age

Nicolas Cage

as Vincent Dwyer

Born 01/07/1964, age

Allen Garfield

as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

Born 11/22/1939

Died 04/07/2020, age

Fred Gwynne

as Frenchy Demange

Born 07/10/1926

Died 07/02/1993, age

Gwen Verdon

as Tish Dwyer

Born 01/13/1925

Died 10/18/2000, age

Lisa Jane Persky

as Frances Flegenheimer

Born 05/05/1955, age

Laurence Fishburne

as Bumpy Rhodes

Born 07/30/1961, age

John P. Ryan

as Joe Flynn

Born 07/30/1936

Died 03/20/2007, age

Tom Waits

as Irving Stark

Born 12/07/1949, age

Jennifer Grey

as Patsy Dwyer

Born 03/26/1960, age

Joe Dallesandro

as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Born 12/31/1948, age

Diane Venora

as Gloria Swanson

Born 08/10/1952, age

Sofia Coppola

as Child in Street

Born 05/14/1971, age

Mario Van Peebles

as Dancer

Born 01/15/1957, age

Ed O'Ross

as Monk

Born 07/04/1946, age

Woody Strode

as Holmes

Born 07/25/1914

Died 12/31/1994, age

Kim Chan

as Ling

Born 12/28/1917

Died 10/05/2008, age

Leonard Termo

as Danny

Born 03/06/1935

Died 10/30/2012, age

Brian Tarantina

as Vince Hood

Born 03/27/1959

Died 11/02/2019, age

James Russo

as Vince Hood

Born 04/23/1953, age

Giancarlo Esposito

as Bumpy Hood

Born 04/26/1958, age

Bill Cobbs

as Big Joe Ison

Born 06/16/1934, age

Jackée Harry

as Dancer

Born 08/14/1956, age

Valarie Pettiford

as Dancer

Born 07/08/1960, age

Mark Margolis

as Charlie Workman (uncredited)

Born 11/26/1939

Died 08/03/2023, age