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The Cotton Club

1984·2h 9m·R
DramaCrimeMusic
IMDb Rating
★ 6.6/10
21,198 votes
Metascore
68
Metacritic

Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.

The Cotton Club is a 1984 drama crime movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Gregory Hines. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 21,198 votes and runs 2h 9m.

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Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Stars
Diane Lane
Richard Gere
Gregory Hines
Lonette McKee
Details
1984-12-14
129 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English, Italian
Keywords
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