
"Where deals were made, lives were traded and the legends of jazz lit up the night."
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

Vera Cicero

Lila Rose Oliver

Owney Madden

Dutch Schultz

Vincent Dwyer

Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

Frenchy Demange

Tish Dwyer

Frances Flegenheimer

Clay Williams
Sol Weinstein

Madame St. Clair

Bumpy Rhodes

Joe Flynn

Irving Stark

Mike Best

Ed Popke

Patsy Dwyer

Winnie Williams

Norma Williams

Suger Coates
Cab Calloway

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Gloria Swanson

Kid Griffin

Ted Husing

Stage Door Joe

Child in Street

Dancer

Dancer

Monk

Sullen Man
Holmes

J.W.
Solly

Ling

Messiah
Danny

Vince Hood

Vince Hood

Vince Hood

Bumpy Hood

Caspar Holstein

Bub Jewett

Big Joe Ison

Marcial Flores
Spanish Henry
Hotel Clerk
Myrtle Fay

Duke Ellington
Policeman #1

Policeman #2

Charlie Chaplin
James Cagney

Fanny Brice

Dancer

Dancer
Dancer

Joan Blondell (uncredited)

Ownie Hood (uncredited)

Screen Test Thug (uncredited)

The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)

Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited)
Charlie Workman (uncredited)

Busboy (uncredited)

Waiter (uncredited)

Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)

Hitman (uncredited)

voice (uncredited)

Dancer