Production Companies

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

Overview

"Power is measured in enemies."

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.