The Cotton Club (1984)
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Writers:
William Kennedy, Francis Ford Coppola.
![]() |
Richard Gere as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer |
![]() |
Gregory Hines as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams |
![]() |
Diane Lane as Vera Cicero |
![]() |
Lonette McKee as Lila Rose Oliver |
![]() |
Bob Hoskins as Owney Madden |
![]() |
James Remar as Dutch Schultz |
![]() |
Nicolas Cage as Vincent Dwyer |
![]() |
Allen Garfield as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman |
![]() |
Fred Gwynne as Frenchy Demange |
![]() |
Gwen Verdon as Tish Dwyer |
![]() |
Lisa Jane Persky as Frances Flegenheimer |
![]() |
Maurice Hines as Clay Williams |
![]() |
Julian Beck as Sol Weinstein |
![]() |
Novella Nelson as Madame St. Clair |
![]() |
Laurence Fishburne as Bumpy Rhodes |
![]() |
John P. Ryan as Joe Flynn |
![]() |
Tom Waits as Irving Stark |
![]() |
Ron Karabatsos as Mike Best |
![]() |
Glenn Withrow as Ed Popke |
![]() |
Jennifer Grey as Patsy Dwyer |
![]() |
Wynonna Smith as Winnie Williams |
![]() |
Thelma Carpenter as Norma Williams |
![]() |
Charles "Honi" Coles as Suger Coates |
![]() |
Larry Marshall as Cab Calloway |
![]() |
Joe Dallesandro as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano |
![]() |
Diane Venora as Gloria Swanson |
![]() |
Tucker Smallwood as Kid Griffin |
![]() |
Marc Coppola as Ted Husing |
![]() |
Robert Earl Jones as Stage Door Joe |
![]() |
Sofia Coppola as Child in Street |
![]() |
Tracey Ross as Dancer |
![]() |
Mario Van Peebles as Dancer |
![]() |
Ed O'Ross as Monk |
![]() |
Frederick Downs Jr. as Sullen Man |
![]() |
Woody Strode as Holmes |
![]() |
Bill Graham as J.W. |
![]() |
Dayton Allen as Solly |
![]() |
Kim Chan as Ling |
![]() |
Ed Rowan as Messiah |
![]() |
Leonard Termo as Danny |
![]() |
Brian Tarantina as Vince Hood |
![]() |
Bruce MacVittie as Vince Hood |
![]() |
James Russo as Vince Hood |
![]() |
Giancarlo Esposito as Bumpy Hood |
![]() |
Rony Clanton as Caspar Holstein |
![]() |
Damien Leake as Bub Jewett |
![]() |
Bill Cobbs as Big Joe Ison |
![]() |
Joe Lynn as Marcial Flores |
![]() |
Oscar Barnes as Spanish Henry |
![]() |
Ed Zang as Hotel Clerk |
![]() |
Sandra Beall as Myrtle Fay |
![]() |
Zane Mark as Duke Ellington |
![]() |
Paul Herman as Policeman #1 |
![]() |
Randle Mell as Policeman #2 |
![]() |
Gregory Rozakis as Charlie Chaplin |
![]() |
Vincent Jerman-Jerosa as James Cagney |
![]() |
Rosalind Harris as Fanny Brice |
![]() |
Jackée Harry as Dancer |
![]() |
Sonya Hensley as Dancer |
![]() |
Valarie Pettiford as Dancer |
![]() |
Kimberly Dorsey as Joan Blondell (uncredited) |
![]() |
Anton Evangelista as Ownie Hood (uncredited) |
![]() |
Nicholas J. Giangiulio as Screen Test Thug (uncredited) |
![]() |
Suzanne Kaaren as The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited) |
![]() |
Robin Karfo as Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited) |
![]() |
Mark Margolis as Charlie Workman (uncredited) |
![]() |
Naylon Mitchell as Busboy (uncredited) |
![]() |
Ray Negron as Waiter (uncredited) |
![]() |
Kirk Taylor as Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited) |
![]() |
Rick Washburn as Hitman (uncredited) |
![]() |
Linda Gillen as voice (uncredited) |
![]() |
Rima Vetter as Dancer |
| Directing | Francis Ford Coppola | Director |
| Writing | William Kennedy | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francis Ford Coppola | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Evans | Producer |
| Camera | Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| Production | Lois Planco | Casting |
| Production | Gretchen Rennell | Casting |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Production Design |
| Art | Gregory Bolton | Art Direction |
| Art | Leslie Bloom | Set Decoration |
| Art | George Gaines | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milena Canonero | Costume Design |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Art | David Chapman | Art Direction |
| Editing | Barry Malkin | Editor |
| Crew | Michael Haley | Other |
| Sound | David Carroll | Sound |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Producer |
| Sound | Norman Hollyn | Music Editor |
| Production | David Golden | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Margaret B. Hunnewell | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert V. Girolami | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Henry J. Bronchtein | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louis D'Esposito | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Kerry Orent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Donald Sweeney | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Art | Jimmy Raitt | Property Master |
| Camera | Michael Stone | Camera Operator |
| Camera | David Wagreich | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Lynn Lewis Lovett | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig Lyman | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Nathan Boxer | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Jack C. Jacobsen | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Adger W. Cowans | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Edward Swanson | Carpenter |
| Crew | Victor Magnotta | Stunt Coordinator |
| Writing | William Kennedy | Story |
| Writing | Francis Ford Coppola | Story |
| Writing | Mario Puzo | Story |
| Writing | Jim Haskins | Author |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judianna Makovsky | Assistant Costume Designer |