The Cotton Club (1984)

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R | 2 hr 8 mins | Drama, Crime, Musical, Period, Music | Released: 12/1/1984

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Synopsis:

Multiple tales of the loves and lives of musicians, tap dancers, singers, gangsters and their molls at Harlem''s legendary jazz joint, "The Cotton Club."

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/1/1984

Director	Credit
Francis Ford Coppola	Director
Gian-Carlo Coppola	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Richard Gere	Dixie Dwyer
Gregory Hines	Delbert "Sandman" Williams
Diane Lane	Vera Cicero
Lonette McKee	Lila Rose Oliver
Bob Hoskins	Owney Madden
James Remar	Dutch Schultz
Nicolas Cage	Vincent Dwyer
Allen Garfield	Abbadabba Berman
Fred Gwynne	Frenchy Demange
Gwen Verdon	Tish Dwyer
Lisa Jane Persky	Frances Flegenheimer
Maurice Hines	Clay Williams
Julian Beck	Sol Weinstein
Novella Nelson	Madame St Clair
Larry Fishburne	Bumpy Rhodes
John P Ryan	Joe Flynn
Tom Waits	Irving Stark
Ron Karabatsos	Mike Best
Glenn Withrow	Ed Popke
Jennifer Grey	Patsy Dwyer
Wynonna Smith	Winnie Williams
Thelma Carpenter	Norma Williams
Charles Coles ('Honi')	Sugar Coates
Larry Marshall	Cab Calloway
Joe Dallesandro	Lucky Luciano
Ed O'Ross	Monk
Frederic Downs	Sullen Man
Woody Strode	Holmes
Susan Mechsner	Gypsie
Glen Witherow	Ed Popke
Diane Venora	Gloria Swanson
Tucker Smallwood	Kid Griffin
Bill Graham	J W
Dayton Allen	Solly
Kim Chan	Ling
Edward Rowan	Messiah
Leonard Termo	Danny
George Cantero	Vince Hood
Brian Tarantina	Vince Hood
Bruce MacVittie	Vince Hood
James Russo	Vince Hood
Giancarlo Esposito	Bumpy Rhodes' Hood
Bruce Hubbard	Bumpy Rhodes' Hood
Rony Clanton	Caspar Holstein
Damien Leake	Bub Jewett
Bill Cobbs	Big Joe Ison
Joe Lynn	Marcial Flores
Oscar Barnes	Spanish Henry
Edward Zang	Hotel Clerk
Sandra Beall	Myrtle Fay
Zane Mark	Duke Ellington
Tom Signorelli	Butch Murdock
Steve Vignari	Trigger Mike Coppola
Susan Meschner	Gypsie
Gregory Rozakis	Charles Chaplin
Marc Coppola	Ted Husing
Norma Jean Darden	Elida Webb
Robert Earl Jones	Stage Door Joe
Vincent Jerosa	James Cagney
Rosalind Harris	Fanny Brice
Steve Cafiso	Street Child
John Cafiso	Street Child
Sofia Coppola	Street Child
Ninon Digiorgio	Street Child
Daria Hines	Street Child
Patricia LeTang	Street Child
Christopher Lewis	Street Child
Danielle Osborne	Street Child
Jason Papalardo	Street Child
Demetrius Pena	Street Child
James Brown ('Buster')	Hoofer
Ralph Brown	Hoofer
Harold Cromer	Hoofer
Henry Roberts ('Phace')	Hoofer
Bubba Gaines	Hoofer
George Hillman	Hoofer
Henry LeTang	Hoofer
Howard Sims ('Sandman')	Hoofer
Jimmy Slide	Hoofer
Charles Young	Hoofer
Skip Cunningham	Tip Tap and Toe Member
Luther Fontaine	Tip Tap and Toe Member
Jan Mickens	Tip Tap and Toe Member
Lydia Abarca	Dancer
Sarita Allen	Dancer
Tracey Bass	Dancer
Ethel Beatty	Dancer
Jacquelyn Bird	Dancer
Shirley Black-Brown	Dancer
Joe Breedlove	Dancer
Lester Brown	Dancer
Leslie Caldwell	Dancer
Benny Clory	Dancer
Sherry Cowart	Dancer
Karen DiBianco	Dancer
Cisco Drayton	Dancer
Anne Duquesnay	Dancer
Carla Earle	Dancer
Wendy Edmead	Dancer
Debbie Fitts	Dancer
Ruddy L Garner	Dancer
Ruthanna Graves	Dancer
Terri Griffin	Dancer
Robin Harmon	Dancer
Jackee Harree	Dancer
Sonya Hensley	Dancer
Dave Jackson	Dancer
Gail Kendricks	Dancer
Christina Kumi Kimball	Dancer
Mary Beth Durdock	Dancer
Alde Lewis	Dancer
Paula Lynn	Dancer
Bernard Manners	Dancer
Bernard Marsh	Dancer
David McHarris	Dancer
Delores McHarris	Dancer
Vody Najac	Dancer
Viewma Negromonte	Dancer
Alice Anne Oakes	Dancer
Anne Palmer	Dancer
Julie Pars	Dancer
Antonia Pettiford	Dancer
Valarie Pettiford	Dancer
Janet L Powell	Dancer
Renee Rodriquez	Dancer
Tracey Ross	Dancer
Kiki Shepard	Dancer
Gay Thomas Wilson	Dancer
Mario Van Peebles	Dancer
Rima Vetter	Dancer
Karen Wadkins	Dancer
Ivery Wheeler	Dancer
Donald Williams	Dancer
Alexis Wilson	Dancer
Rick Washburn
Production Credits	Credit
Robert Evans	Producer
Melissa Prophet	Associate Producer
Sylvio Tabet	Co-Producer
Dyson Lovell	Executive Producer
Fred Roos	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Zoetrope Studios	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
K-Tel Video	Video Distributor
Nelson Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Orion Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Rank Film Distributors Ltd	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York, New York
Writer	Credit
William J Kennedy	Screenplay
William J Kennedy	From Story
Francis Ford Coppola	Screenplay
Francis Ford Coppola	From Story
Mario Puzo	From Story
James Haskins	From Story - from pictorial history
Art Department	Credit
Richard Sylbert	Production Designer
George Gaines	Set Designer
David Chapman	Art Director - art direction
Gregory William Bolton	Art Director - art direction
Leslie Bloom	Set Designer
Casting	Credit
Gretchen Rennell	Casting
Lois Planco	Casting
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Julie Hughes	Casting
Barry Moss	Casting
Choreography	Credit
Michael Smuin	Choreographer - choreography
Henry LeTang	Choreographer - choreography
Gregory Hines	Choreographer - choreography
Claudia Asbury	Choreographer - choreography
George Faison	Choreographer - choreography
Arthur Mitchell	Choreographer - choreography
Michael Meacham	Choreographer - choreography
Film Camera	Credit
Stephen Goldblatt	Director of Photography
Adgar Cowans	Photography - stills
Michael L Stone	Camera Operator
Joe Coffey	Camera Operator - b-camera operator
Barry Harris