"Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide."
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
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
James Russo
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
Sonya Hensley
Valarie Pettiford
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
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay
Lois Planco
Casting
William Kennedy
Robert Q. Lovett
Editor
Robert Evans
Producer
Leslie Bloom
Set Decoration
John Barry
Original Music Composer
Barry Malkin
David Chapman
Art Direction
Director
Gregory Bolton
Gretchen Rennell
Richard Sylbert
Production Design
George Gaines
Milena Canonero
Costume Design
Michael Haley
Other
David Carroll
Sound
David Wagreich
First Assistant Camera
Craig Lyman
Key Makeup Artist
Nathan Boxer
Boom Operator
Kerry Orent
Post Production Supervisor
David Golden
Unit Production Manager
Margaret B. Hunnewell
Robert V. Girolami
First Assistant Director
Adger W. Cowans
Still Photographer
Lynn Lewis Lovett
Continuity
Jack C. Jacobsen
Sound Mixer
Victor Magnotta
Stunt Coordinator
Donald Sweeney
Second Unit Director of Photography
Norman Hollyn
Music Editor
Edward Swanson
Carpenter
Christopher Cronyn
Jimmy Raitt
Property Master
Lyndell Quiyou
Key Hair Stylist
Henry J. Bronchtein
Second Assistant Director
Louis D'Esposito
Michael Stone
Camera Operator
Story
Mario Puzo
Jim Haskins
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