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

as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

as Vera Cicero

as Lila Rose Oliver

as Owney Madden

as Dutch Schultz

as Vincent Dwyer

as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

as Frenchy Demange

as Tish Dwyer

as Frances Flegenheimer

as Clay Williams

as Sol Weinstein

as Madame St. Clair

as Bumpy Rhodes

as Joe Flynn

as Irving Stark

as Mike Best

as Ed Popke

as Patsy Dwyer

as Winnie Williams

as Norma Williams

as Suger Coates

as Cab Calloway

as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

as Gloria Swanson

as Kid Griffin

as Ted Husing

as Stage Door Joe

as Child in Street

as Dancer

as Dancer

as Monk

as Sullen Man

as Holmes

as J.W.

as Solly

as Ling

as Messiah

as Danny

as Vince Hood

as Vince Hood

as Vince Hood

as Bumpy Hood

as Caspar Holstein

as Bub Jewett

as Big Joe Ison

as Marcial Flores

as Spanish Henry

as Hotel Clerk

as Myrtle Fay

as Duke Ellington

as Policeman #1

as Policeman #2

as Charlie Chaplin

as James Cagney

as Fanny Brice

as Dancer

as Dancer

as Dancer

as Joan Blondell (uncredited)

as Ownie Hood (uncredited)

as Screen Test Thug (uncredited)

as The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)

as Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited)

as Charlie Workman (uncredited)

as Busboy (uncredited)

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)

as Hitman (uncredited)

as voice (uncredited)

as Dancer