Movie · 1984
The Cotton Club
“Where deals were made, lives were traded and the legends of jazz lit up the night.”
Released 14 December 1984 130 min Crime / Drama More from 1984 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Robert Earl Jones
as Stage Door Joe
Gwen Verdon
as Tish Dwyer
Julian Beck
as Sol Weinstein
Fred Gwynne
as Frenchy Demange
Allen Garfield
as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman
Novella Nelson
as Madame St. Clair
Bob Hoskins
as Owney Madden
Maurice Hines
as Clay Williams
Gregory Hines
as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
Paul Herman
as Policeman #1
Richard Gere
as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
James Russo
as Vince Hood
Lonette McKee
as Lila Rose Oliver
James Remar
as Dutch Schultz
Lisa Jane Persky
as Frances Flegenheimer
Jackée Harry
as Dancer
Mario Van Peebles
as Dancer
Giancarlo Esposito
as Bumpy Hood
Valarie Pettiford
as Dancer
Laurence Fishburne
as Bumpy Rhodes
Nicolas Cage
as Vincent Dwyer
Diane Lane
as Vera Cicero
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The numbers
55years between the oldest and youngest billed
74Robert Earl Jones — oldest on the call sheet
19Diane Lane — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast