The Cotton Club was a famous Harlem nightclub where black performers entertain white guests through song, dance and tap-dance. Following the people who visited and ran the club through the 20’s and 30’s. Dixie Dwyer is a fantastic musician who gets wound up with the wrong people, gangster Dutch Schultz uses Dixie to do jobs for him, mostly watching his girlfriend Vera Cicero, who Dixie eventually falls for. Owney Madden is the Club owner who would like Dixie to work for him as his face on the West coast, and Sandman Williams is a promising black tap-dancer who just got his shot to perform at the Cotton Club. Over the years we see these characters evolve and become more famous, dangerous and ready to take risks, now the Cotton Club is in for one hell of a night.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, James Remar, Bob Hoskins, Nicolas Cage, Lonette McKee
Year: 1984
Length: 128 Minutes
Classification: M15+ Medium level violence, Medium level coarse language
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