The Cotton Club (1984) Richard Gere Dixie Dwyer Gregory Hines Delbert 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 Laurence Fishburne Bumpy Rhodes John P. Ryan Joe Flynn Tom Waits Irving Stark Ron Karabatsos Mike Best Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola Produced by: Dyson Lovell, Robert Evans, Sylvio Tabet Multiple tales of the loves and lives of musicians, tap dancers, singers, gangsters and their molls at Harlem's legendary jazz joint, "The Cotton Club." ========== The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.