Harlem, 1928. Dixie, een cornetspeler, redt Schultz, een onderwereld baron, van een moordpoging. Ten tijde van een bendeoorlog tussen Schultz en de eigenaar van de jazzclub The Cotton Club gebruikt Dixie de bescherming van Schultz. Hij heeft genoeg van al het geweld en besluit zijn eigen weg te gaan richting Hollywood.
Nee, helaas is The Cotton Club nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Francis Ford Coppola | Screenplay |
| Production | Lois Planco | Casting |
| Writing | William Kennedy | Screenplay |
| Editing | Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| Production | Robert Evans | Producer |
| Art | Leslie Bloom | Set Decoration |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Barry Malkin | Editor |
| Art | David Chapman | Art Direction |
| Directing | Francis Ford Coppola | Director |
| Art | Gregory Bolton | Art Direction |
| Production | Gretchen Rennell | Casting |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Production Design |
| Art | George Gaines | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milena Canonero | Costume Design |
| Crew | Michael Haley | Other |
| Sound | David Carroll | Sound |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Producer |
| Camera | David Wagreich | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig Lyman | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Nathan Boxer | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Kerry Orent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | David Golden | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Margaret B. Hunnewell | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert V. Girolami | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Adger W. Cowans | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Lynn Lewis Lovett | Continuity |
| Sound | Jack C. Jacobsen | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Victor Magnotta | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Donald Sweeney | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Norman Hollyn | Music Editor |
| Crew | Edward Swanson | Carpenter |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Jimmy Raitt | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Henry J. Bronchtein | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louis D'Esposito | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Michael Stone | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Francis Ford Coppola | Story |
| Writing | William Kennedy | Story |
| Writing | Mario Puzo | Story |
| Writing | Jim Haskins | Author |
