In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

• DirectorBill Duke
• Release27 August 1997
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration2h 10m
• Budget$30,000,000
• Revenue$23,461,013
• Rate
  

  6.4
  219 reviews
• Productions

  United Artists, Frank Mancuso Jr. Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer