The Cotton Club

The lives of various characters intersect at Harlem's renowned Cotton Club. Handsome horn player Dix Dwyer falls for Vera Cicero, the stunning girlfriend of famous gangster Dutch Schultz . Meanwhile Dix's brother, Vincent, falls in with Schultz's crew, while Owney Madden, the jazz venue's proprietor, has his own mob ties. Although Dix goes on to become a Hollywood actor, his life doesn't get any less complicated or dangerous.

Cast :

• Richard Gere
• Dixie Dwyer

• Gregory Hines
• 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 Ryan
• Joe Flynn

• Tom Waits
• Irving Stark

• Wynonna Smith
• Winnie Williams

• Charles `Honi' Coles
• Suger Coates

• Larry Marshall
• Cab Calloway

• Joe Dallesandro
• Charles ''Lucky'' Luciano

• Woody Strode
• Holmes