Movie
The Hurricane
Overview
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-09-17
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Beacon Pictures, Rudy Langlois Productions, Azoff Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
- Vicellous Shannon as Lesra Martin
- Deborah Kara Unger as Lisa Peters
- Liev Schreiber as Sam Chaiton
- John Hannah as Terry
- Dan Hedaya as Della Pesca
- Debbi Morgan as Mae Thelma
- Clancy Brown as Lt. Jimmy Williams
- David Paymer as Myron Bedlock
- Harris Yulin as Leon Friedman
- Rod Steiger as Judge Sarokin
- Badja Djola as Mobutu
Crew
- Norman Jewison - Director
- Armyan Bernstein - Screenplay
- Dan Gordon - Screenplay
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